Summary:
Poynette, Wisconsin has a single middle school: Poynette Middle, serving grades 5 through 8 with about 271 students in the Poynette School District. With only one school in the city, there is no local comparison to make, but this school holds up well against the rest of Wisconsin, ranking 147th of 643 middle schools statewide in 2025-2026 — roughly the top quarter of the state. It has earned 4 stars in each of the three years of available ranking history, and its performance lines up almost exactly with its district, which ranks 96th of 432 districts.
Academically, students beat the state in 19 of 20 reported test results across two years. In 2025-2026, 5th grade English language arts reached 75.68% proficient, about 22 points above the state, and 8th grade science hit 69.44%, roughly 18 points above. The single strongest result is 5th grade math in 2024-2025 at 92.54% proficient, nearly 40 points above the state; the following year's 5th grade math came in at 70.27%, still about 18 points ahead. On average, ELA proficiency sits near 69% versus the state's 55%, and math near 67% versus 54%.
Two items are worth watching. First, 7th grade math fell to 55.56%, essentially even with the state and the only result in the data where the school does not outperform Wisconsin. Second, the math advantage narrowed from about 21 points to about 13, driven mostly by that 7th grade figure and by an exceptional 5th grade class settling back. Attendance is a bright spot: chronic absenteeism is 13.3%, below the state's 17.3% but slightly above the district's 11.9%. Class sizes are small at 10.3 students per teacher, spending is $16,507 per student, and 21.4% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. With roughly 68 students per grade and only two years of test data, year-to-year swings are best read as cohort effects first.
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