Summary:
Augusta School District has one middle school, Augusta Middle, serving grades 6–8 in Augusta, WI with 109 students. This small school is improving from a low base: it ranked 507 out of 641 schools in 2023–24 (21st percentile, 1 star) and 430 out of 643 in 2025–26 (33rd percentile, 2 stars), a 77-position gain. The district overall ranks 195 out of 432 districts, at the 55th percentile with 3 stars, so the middle school still trails its own district.
On the 2025–26 Forward Exam, Augusta Middle trails the state in every tested subject. Its average across eight tests is about 47.7%, versus about 52.8% for the district and 55.5% for the state. The overall gap to the state narrowed from about 14.9 points in 2024–25 to 7.9 points in 2025–26. Science is the clearest weakness: eighth-grade Science is 36.36%, below the district and state and down from 42.11%. Social Studies is a relative strength at 63.64%, only 0.99 points below the state and up 16.27 points. Math generally is stronger than ELA: eighth-grade Math is 51.52% vs. the state’s 53.67%, while sixth-grade ELA is 36.84% vs. the state’s 54.95%. Rising cohorts show momentum, with gains in ELA and Math as students moved from sixth to seventh and seventh to eighth grade.
Chronic absenteeism is a major concern: 24.2% in 2024–25, above the district’s 15.4% and the state’s 17.3%. The dropout rate is 0.0%, below the district’s 0.7% and state’s 1.1%. About 52.29% of students are eligible for free/reduced lunch, and the school reports $19,069 per student and a 9.4:1 student-teacher ratio. Those resources are favorable, but proficiency still lags. In 2025–26, the district outperformed the school in ELA at all grades, Math in grades 7–8, Social Studies, and Science; the school outperformed the district only in sixth-grade Math. Overall, Augusta Middle is a small, improving school, but it remains below state proficiency and needs attention on attendance, Science, and sixth-grade ELA.
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