Summary:
The Bayfield School District in Wisconsin has only one middle school, Bayfield Middle, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Wisconsin middle schools, with a 1 out of 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance.
Bayfield Middle's test scores are significantly lower than the state averages across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from 20.69% to 25%, compared to the state average of around 53-54%. In Mathematics, Bayfield Middle's proficiency rates ranged from 14.71% to 34.48%, while the state average was around 52-55%. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 78.49% in 2023-2024, and a high chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% in the same year.
Despite the small school size and low student-teacher ratio of 8.4 to 1 in 2023-2024, Bayfield Middle is still struggling to achieve strong academic outcomes. The school's per-student spending is $25,060 for the 2020-2021 school year, and it has a 1.3% dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year. Addressing the challenges faced by Bayfield Middle will likely require a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improve the school's performance and provide students with the support they need to succeed.
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