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Best Middle Schools in Vilas County, WI

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Top rankedSchool of Options and Applied Research Middle333^rd of 643 Wisconsin middle schools

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Biggest riser

School of Options and Applied Research Middle up 187 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2026)				Forward Exam Mathematics (2026)				Forward Exam Social Studies (2026)	Forward Exam Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
School of Options and Applied Research Middle	Public, Charter	5-8	6485 Town Hall Rd	Land O Lakes	54540	Vilas County	Northland Pines School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(715) 547-3619	43	4	9.6	51.2%	38 (88.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.0%)	52.8	333^rd of 643 public middle schools	48.2%		20.5	520^th of 628 public middle schools	17.2%	187	44.4	60.0	54.6	56.3	55.6	53.3	54.6	43.8	68.8	43.8	$21,416	$485	$20,930

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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