Summary:
Middle school students in the Baraboo School District attend a single school: Jack Young Middle, which serves grades 6–8 with 548 students in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Because it is the only middle school in the district, there is no second local school to compare it against — its results are the district's middle-grade results, so the state average is the more useful benchmark. The district as a whole ranks 282nd of 432 Wisconsin districts, at the 35th percentile with 2 stars, and Jack Young Middle is also a 2-star school.
Test scores are mixed by grade. Eighth grade is the bright spot: in 2025–2026, 8th graders scored slightly above the state in English language arts (54.71% vs. 54.38%) and math (54.12% vs. 53.67%), and science jumped from 45.25% to 50.59%, nearly matching the state's 51.86%. Seventh grade ELA is the clearest concern, falling from 46.82% to 41.76% — about 13.6 points below the state — while 6th grade ELA and math are both roughly 9 points below state. Across all eight reported tests, the school averages 50.70% versus 55.51% for the state, an improvement from 48.21% the year before, so the school is gaining ground but still trails the state.
Other indicators are more encouraging. The dropout rate is 0.2%, well below the district's 0.8% and the state's 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism is 19.1%, lower than the district's 19.5% but above Wisconsin's 17.3% — worth watching, since attendance affects learning. The school spends $14,326 per student with an 11:1 student-teacher ratio. In rankings, the school moved from 411th to 386th year over year, and from the 35th to the 40th percentile, but remains below its 337th-place showing two years earlier.
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