Summary:
The Beaver Dam Unified School District in Wisconsin has only one middle school, Beaver Dam Middle, which serves grades 6-8. The school's performance has declined over the past three years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 394 out of 640 Wisconsin middle schools in 2022-2023 to 443 out of 628 in 2024-2025. Its performance rating has also decreased from 2 out of 5 stars to 1 out of 5 stars during this time period.
Beaver Dam Middle's test scores in core academic subjects, including English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science, are consistently lower than the state averages for Wisconsin. The school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 49.14% in 2023-2024, and its chronic absenteeism rate is 17.7%, which is higher than the state average. These socioeconomic and attendance-related challenges may be contributing factors to the school's underperformance.
While Beaver Dam Middle has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.6 and a low dropout rate of 1.3% in 2023-2024, the data suggests that the school could benefit from targeted interventions and support to address the areas of underperformance, particularly in core academic subjects. Strategies to address the high poverty and chronic absenteeism rates may also help improve overall student outcomes at Beaver Dam Middle.
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