Summary:
This area has a single middle school, Ashland Middle, serving grades 6–8 to 383 students in the Ashland School District in Ashland, Wisconsin. In 2025–26 it ranks 481st of 643 middle schools — 25th percentile, 1 star — while the district ranks 345th of 432 at the 20th percentile.
Every reported 2025–26 Forward Exam result at Ashland Middle is below the state proficiency rate, but the gaps vary widely. The strongest showing is 8th grade Social Studies at 59.46% proficient versus 64.63% statewide, followed by 8th grade Science at 49.55% versus 51.86%. The clearest weakness is 7th grade Math at 25.64%, which is 30.03 points below the state's 55.67% and the only tested area that declined, down 3.42 points. Most areas improved, led by 6th grade ELA (+12.08), 8th grade Math (+9.84), and 8th grade Social Studies (+5.68). Averaged across the eight tests, the school sits near 42.93% proficiency against about 55.51% statewide — a gap of roughly 12.58 points, narrower than last year's gap of about 16.27 points.
Attendance is the standout non-test concern: chronic absenteeism is 34.0%, compared with 28.3% in the district and 17.3% statewide — about one in three students. The dropout rate is low at 1.2%, close to the district's 1.4% and the state's 1.1%. About 58.75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,946, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.8. Over three years the school has moved from 506th of 641 (21st percentile) to 481st of 643 (25th percentile), but it remains in the bottom quarter with 1 star. The picture is a school with real strengths in 8th grade Social Studies and Science, steady improvement, and pressing needs in 7th grade Math and attendance.
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