Summary:
The Brodhead School District in Wisconsin has only one middle school, Brodhead Middle, which serves grades 6-8. The school's performance has declined over the past three years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 282 out of 640 Wisconsin middle schools in 2022-2023 to 351 out of 628 in 2024-2025, and its SchoolDigger star rating decreasing from 3 to 2 stars.
Brodhead Middle's test scores are generally below the state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across grades 6-8. However, the school performs better than the state average in Social Studies and Science. The school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (41.94% in 2023-2024), indicating a high proportion of low-income students, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the state average.
Despite the higher per-student spending ($13,589) and smaller class sizes (student-teacher ratio of 11.9) at Brodhead Middle, the school's academic performance in core subjects is still lagging behind the state averages. This suggests that the school may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and instructional strategies to better support student learning and address the socioeconomic challenges faced by the school community.
Thank you for your feedback!