Summary:
The Black River Falls School District has just one middle school: Black River Falls Middle, which serves grades 6–8 with an enrollment of 327 students at 112 Diploma Drive in Black River Falls, WI 54615. Because it is the only middle school in the district, the school's results for grades 6–8 are the same as the district's results for those grades. The surrounding district context is low-ranked: Black River Falls School District places 404th of 432 districts in Wisconsin, in the 6th percentile with 0 stars.
Test results are mixed but declined sharply in 2025–2026. Every listed subject and grade scored below the state average that year. Social studies was the school's highest result at 51.46% proficient against a 64.63% state average, while math was the weakest area, averaging 33.91% across grades 6–8 compared with a 54.31% state average; 8th grade math was the lowest single score at 29.13%, 24.54 points below the state. Science showed the sharpest reversal: it was above the state average in 2024–2025 (53.13% vs. 50.04%), then fell to 35.92% while the state rose to 51.86%. Across the eight listed tests, the school's simple average dropped 7.09 points year over year while the state average rose 1.09 points. Only 6th grade math (up 10.63 points to 36.89%) and 6th grade ELA (up 2.86 points to 37.86%) improved, though both remain below state averages. The school's state rank also slipped, from the 30th percentile with 2 stars in 2024–2025 to the 19th percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026.
Contextual measures show additional challenges: chronic absenteeism is 26.2% at the school versus 17.3% statewide, and the dropout rate is 3.2% versus 1.1% statewide. About 62.08% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,905, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. These factors may be relevant to academic results, though the data alone does not establish cause.
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