Summary:
Whitewater, Wisconsin is served by a single public middle school: Whitewater Middle, which covers grades 6–8 and enrolls 394 students as part of the Whitewater Unified School District. Because Whitewater has only one middle school, parents cannot compare schools within the city — the most meaningful benchmarks are the district and the state as a whole.
Attendance and engagement stand out as real strengths. In 2024–25, the school reported a 0.0% dropout rate, below the district's 0.2% and the state's 1.1%, and chronic absenteeism of 7.5%, slightly better than the district's 7.7% and less than half Wisconsin's 17.3%. Class sizes are relatively small, with a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1, and per-student spending was $16,655, with about 50.25% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's state ranking also improved: it moved from 450th of 641 schools (1 star, 30th percentile) in 2023–24 to 2 stars in each of the last two years, most recently 418th of 643, or the 35th percentile. The district itself ranked 314th of 432, in the 27th percentile with 1 star.
Academically, results are mixed and generally below state levels. In 2025–26, the school trailed Wisconsin in all eight Forward Exam tests reported, averaging about 48.42% proficient versus 55.51% statewide — a gap of roughly 7 points that widened slightly from the prior year. Math is the weaker area: the 2025–26 math average was 45.74% against a state average of 54.31%, while ELA was 48.69% versus 54.89%. The brightest spot is 6th-grade ELA, which jumped from 41.80% to 54.42% proficient, nearly matching the state's 54.95%. The clearest concerns are 7th-grade ELA and math, both at 45.30% proficient and roughly 10 points behind the state, and 8th-grade social studies, which fell from 69.67% proficient and above state to 59.35% and below state. Science also slipped further behind.
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