Summary:
Gillett School District in Wisconsin contains just one middle school, Gillett Middle, which serves grades 6–8 at 208 W Main St in the small community of Gillett. With 120 students, roughly 30–40 per grade, this is a small school where year-to-year percentage changes can swing noticeably. About 59.17% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,810, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. Because it is the only middle school in the district, its results largely define the district's middle-school picture.
Gillett Middle's standout strengths are its attendance and dropout indicators. Chronic absenteeism was just 0.8% in 2024–2025, far below the district's 2.4% and the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate was 0.0% versus 0.4% districtwide and 1.1% statewide. Academically, 8th-grade social studies was above the state in both years (65.52% vs 62.51%, then 65.96% vs 64.63%), and in 2025–2026 the school topped state averages in 7th-grade ELA (56.25% vs 55.33%), 7th-grade math (59.38% vs 55.67%), and 8th-grade ELA (59.57% vs 54.38%).
Results are uneven by grade and subject. In 2025–2026, 6th-grade ELA (44.12% vs 54.95%) and math (41.18% vs 53.60%) fell below state, as did 8th-grade math (42.55% vs 53.67%) and science (42.55% vs 51.86%). Science 8 showed the biggest swing, dropping 26.42 points from 68.97% the prior year. Math 6 and math 8 also declined by about 11–13 points, while math 7 gained 11.46 points. Averaged across reported tests, the school slipped from above state (56.22% vs 54.42%) to below state (51.45% vs 55.51%), and its rating moved from 3 stars and the 53rd percentile to 2 stars and the 42nd percentile.
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