Summary:
The Elkhorn Area School District contains just one middle school, Elkhorn Area Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 659 students at 627 Court St in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Because it is the only middle-level school in the district, it alone represents middle school education for local families, so the most useful comparisons are to the district, the state, and the school's own prior-year results.
On 2025–2026 state tests, the school scored above the state in 6th grade ELA (65.16% proficient versus 54.95%), 7th grade ELA (63.32% versus 55.33%), 6th grade math (61.54% versus 53.60%), 8th grade math (56.13% versus 53.67%), and 8th grade social studies (66.51% versus 64.63%). It fell below the state in 8th grade ELA (53.77% versus 54.38%), 7th grade math (54.77% versus 55.67%), and 8th grade science (49.29% versus 51.86%). Compared with its own district, the school trailed district averages in nearly every tested subject except 6th grade math, where it was slightly ahead.
Attendance is the school's clearest strength: chronic absenteeism is 2.3%, far below the district's 6.0% and the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate is 0.4% versus 0.6% districtwide and 1.1% statewide. Year over year, 6th grade results jumped sharply (ELA up 13.70 points, math up 11.05 points), while 8th grade science dropped 11.95 points and 8th grade ELA fell 7.29 points. The school has moved from the 51st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 60th percentile in 2025–2026 and holds a 3-star rating, while the district overall ranks 122 of 432 schools with 4 stars.
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