Summary:
In the Holmen area, the Holmen School District operates exactly one middle school: Holmen Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 868 students at 502 N Main St in Holmen, Wisconsin.
Holmen Middle is a consistently high performer. It has earned 4 stars in each of the last three reported years and ranked 103 of 643 Wisconsin middle schools in 2025–2026 (84th percentile), 83 of 628 in 2024–2025 (87th percentile), and 106 of 641 in 2023–2024 (83rd percentile). That places it in roughly the top 13–17% of middle schools statewide. It outperformed the Wisconsin state average in every reported Forward Exam subject and grade in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Its strongest result was 8th grade Social Studies at 86.51% proficient — 21.88 percentage points above the state and up 7.24 points from the prior year. Other standout 2025–2026 results include 8th grade Math at 74.67% (+21.00 vs. state), 6th grade Math at 70.00% (+16.40), 6th grade ELA at 70.38% (+15.43), and 7th grade ELA at 65.56% (+10.23).
There are a few areas to watch. Seventh grade Math fell 6.51 points to 66.67%, 8th grade Math slipped 5.26 points to 74.67%, and 8th grade Science dropped 4.58 points to 61.84% — the school's lowest current result, though still 9.98 points above the state. Attendance and engagement indicators are exceptional: chronic absenteeism is just 2.1%, versus 4.7% for the district and 17.3% statewide, and the reported dropout rate is 0.0%. The school also reports $15,357 in spending per student, a 12:1 student-teacher ratio, and 23.16% free/reduced lunch participation. Because Holmen Middle is the district's only middle school, district middle-grade results reflect the same school, and the district's overall 3-star rank (138 of 432) comes from other grade levels.
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