Summary:
The four public middle schools in the Green Bay Area Public School District in Wisconsin — Edison Middle, Washington Middle, Lombardi Middle, and Franklin Middle — all serve grades 6–8 and together enroll 3,033 students, within a district ranked 383 out of 432 in Wisconsin (11th percentile, 1 star).
Lombardi Middle is the clear standout, with the highest overall proficiency average in both years (45.9% in 2025–26, 47.6% in 2024–25), the best rank in the group at 456/643 (29th percentile), and the lowest chronic absenteeism (26.2%) and free/reduced lunch rate (55.57%). It is also the only school above district averages in every 2025–26 tested area, though still below state averages everywhere, and it slipped from 2 stars to 1 star. Edison Middle is second-highest (30.2%) and the most improved, gaining 4.6 points, despite the lowest per-student spending ($15,201) and the highest student/teacher ratio (13.5). Franklin Middle spends the most ($18,193) and has the smallest classes (12.0 ratio) but posts the second-lowest proficiency (26.3%). Washington Middle ranks lowest on nearly every measure: 17.2% overall proficiency, the highest free/reduced lunch (74.85%), the highest chronic absenteeism (34.7%), and 0 stars in all three rank-history years.
Across all four schools, achievement order mirrors poverty and attendance order almost exactly, and every school's chronic absenteeism exceeds the state rate of 17.3%. Eighth-grade math is a district-wide weak point, with no school reaching the state average of 53.67%. Three of four schools improved overall, but the strongest school declined while the district and state rose. District context matters most: this is a district-wide challenge larger than any single school.
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