Summary:
Middleton, Wisconsin is served by eight schools in this data set — five elementary schools (PK–4), one middle school (grades 5–8), and two high schools (grades 9–12) — all belonging to the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, which ranks 46th of 432 Wisconsin districts (89th percentile, 4 stars). Enrollment totals 5,378 students and is heavily concentrated: Middleton High enrolls 2,303 students (about 42.8% of the total) and Kromrey Middle adds 1,230 (about 22.9%), while the five elementaries together account for 1,737 students.
The city’s academic anchors are clear. Middleton High has ranked at the 97th–98th percentile statewide for three straight years, with 2025–26 proficiency roughly 25–27 points above state averages and a 95.4% graduation rate. Pope Farm Elementary is the strongest elementary: highest elementary proficiency, lowest chronic absenteeism at 6.3%, lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 7.81%, and the lowest elementary per-student spending at $15,433. Elm Lawn Elementary and Sunset Ridge Elementary are both 5-star, 92nd-percentile schools, and Northside Elementary remains solid at 84th percentile after reaching 96th in 2023–24. Kromrey Middle is a 5-star, 90th-percentile school, though slightly behind its district in some subjects.
Two schools sit apart from the rest. Sauk Trail Elementary ranks lowest among the elementaries (55th percentile, 3 stars) and has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (41.94%) along with the highest spending ($21,050) and lowest student-teacher ratio (9.1). Clark Street Community School, with just 108 students, has swung from 2 stars to 5 stars to 3 stars across three years, with 56.6% chronic absenteeism and an 88.4% graduation rate. Six of the eight schools are below the state’s 17.3% absenteeism rate; the exceptions are Middleton High (22.8%) and Clark Street.
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