Summary:
Serving grades 6 through 8, Shawano, Wisconsin is home to a single middle school — Shawano Community Middle — which enrolls 436 students as part of the Shawano School District in this northeastern Wisconsin community.
Because there is only one middle school in the city, comparisons are best made against district and state averages. Math is the school's clearest strength: in 2025-2026, proficiency was above the Wisconsin state average in every tested grade — 6th grade at 56.12% vs. 53.60%, 7th at 57.98% vs. 55.67%, and 8th at 55.84% vs. 53.67%. Eighth grade science also edged above the state average at 52.60% vs. 51.86%. Year over year, gains were large: 8th grade math rose 8.87 points, 7th grade math 7.98 points, and 8th grade science 7.15 points, moving each from below the state average to above it. The dropout rate of 0.6% is lower than both the district's 1.2% and the state's 1.1%. The school's rank also improved, from 29th percentile and 1 star in 2023-2024 to 39th percentile and 2 stars in 2025-2026.
English Language Arts is the main weakness, falling below the state average in every grade: 6th at 37.41% vs. 54.95%, 7th at 47.90% vs. 55.33%, and 8th at 41.56% vs. 54.38%. ELA also declined from the prior year in grades 6 and 7. Eighth grade social studies, at 55.84%, trails the state's 64.63%. Chronic absenteeism is 21.8%, better than the district's 22.4% but above the state's 17.3%. With 55.96% free/reduced lunch participation, per-student spending of $16,234, and a student-teacher ratio of 12.4, the picture is a school improving in math and science while working to lift reading and attendance. The district overall ranks 371 of 432, in the 14th percentile with 1 star.
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