Summary:
The Cornell School District in Wisconsin has only one middle school, Cornell Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 72 students. While the school's per-student spending is relatively high at $13,624, its academic performance is consistently below the state averages across multiple subjects and grade levels, ranking 426 out of 628 Wisconsin middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year and receiving a 2-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Cornell Middle School faces several challenges, including a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (68.06%) and a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate (17.7%). The school's dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 1.3%. In terms of test scores, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts ranged from 33.33% (8th grade) to 57.58% (6th grade), compared to the state averages of 53.59% to 53.97%. In mathematics, the percentage of students proficient or better ranged from 33.33% (8th grade) to 63.64% (6th grade), compared to the state averages of 52.98% to 55.53%.
The data suggests that Cornell Middle School could benefit from targeted interventions and strategies to address the low academic performance, high poverty, and chronic absenteeism rates, in order to improve student outcomes and the school's overall ranking and rating. With only one middle school in the district, there are no clear standout schools to highlight, but the focus should be on improving the performance of Cornell Middle School to better serve the students and community.
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