Summary:
Bayfield School District has only one middle school, Bayfield Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 96 students in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Because it is the district’s only middle school, district-level middle-school results are identical to the school’s results. The school’s record includes a 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, below the district’s 0.5% and the state’s 1.1%, but also very high chronic absenteeism at 45.7%, nearly matching the district’s 45.9% and far above Wisconsin’s 17.3%.
On the 2025–2026 Forward Exam, the school scored below the state average in every reported subject and grade. Its highest absolute proficiency was Grade 8 Social Studies at 45.45%, followed by Grade 8 Math at 40.91%; Grade 8 Math also had the smallest gap to the state, 12.76 points below. The largest gap was Grade 6 ELA, where the school scored 20.00% versus the state’s 54.95%, a 34.95-point difference. Six of eight tests improved from 2024–2025, including Grade 8 ELA, which rose 11.13 points to 31.82%. However, Grade 8 Science fell 8.47 points to 36.36%, widening its gap to the state to 15.50 points.
The school’s relative rank has slipped: 21st percentile in 2023–2024, 15th in 2024–2025, and 14th in 2025–2026. The district is ranked 419th of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 3rd percentile, with 0 stars. Context indicators show 58.33% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $27,364, and the student–teacher ratio is 11:1. With only 96 students, year-to-year percentages can move sharply, but the pattern across multiple metrics points to significant academic and attendance challenges relative to the state.
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