Summary:
La Crosse School District serves grades 6–8 at three middle schools — Longfellow Middle with 631 students, Logan Middle with 424, and School of Technology and Arts II with just 39 — for 1,094 students total. The district overall is rated 2 stars, ranking 294 of 432 districts at the 32nd percentile, but that single rating hides wide differences among its middle schools.
School of Technology and Arts II is the academic standout: its school rank jumped to 170 of 643 (74th percentile, 4 stars), up from 3 stars and the 52nd percentile a year earlier, and it posted the highest proficiency of the three in 7 of 8 reported tests, including ELA 6th grade at 80%, Math 6th grade at 70%, and 8th grade social studies and science at 72.73% each. Its only lower result was Math 7th grade at 45.45%. With only 39 students, however, a few students can swing these percentages sharply. Logan Middle is the improvement story, climbing to 374 of 643 (42nd percentile, 2 stars) with strong 8th grade social studies (69.17%) and science (54.17%). Longfellow Middle, the largest school, sits at 406 of 643 (37th percentile, 2 stars) and fell below the state in every reported 2025–26 test.
Attendance is a shared challenge: chronic absenteeism exceeds the state's 17.3% at all three schools — Logan highest at 22.0%, then School of Technology and Arts II at 20.0%, and Longfellow at 19.4%. Logan spends the most per student ($21,747) and has the lowest student-teacher ratio (8.9), while School of Technology and Arts II spends the least ($11,092) with the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (30.77%) and a 0.0% dropout rate; its student-teacher ratio is not reported. Longfellow has the lowest dropout rate aside from that, at 0.2%. Notably, all three schools improved in 8th grade math, science, and social studies.
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