Summary:
Middle schools located in Ladysmith School District mean one school: Ladysmith Middle, serving grades 6–8 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, with 144 students at 1700 Edgewood Ave E. It is the district’s only middle school, so its results also represent the district’s middle-grade data.
Parents will see a mixed but generally encouraging picture. The school’s rank moved from 35th percentile in 2023–2024 to 65th in 2024–2025 and 50th in 2025–2026, with 3 stars in the two most recent years; the district overall is 1 star, though district and school ranks are not directly comparable. Math is strongest: in 2025–2026, 7th grade math was 65.0% vs. state 55.67%, 8th grade math 67.5% vs. 53.67%, and math averages were above state in both years. Science was a standout in 2024–2025 at 71.43% vs. state 50.04%, and in 2025–2026 at 60.0% vs. 51.86%. Dropout was 0.0%, chronic absenteeism was 13.2% vs. state 17.3%, though slightly above district 12.2%. Student-teacher ratio is 9.7:1, and per-student spending is $17,793.
Main concerns: 6th grade is below state in both ELA and math, especially in 2025–2026: ELA 38.46% vs. 54.95%, math 44.23% vs. 53.6%. ELA declined in every grade from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with the average falling from 55.61% to 48.65%, moving from slightly above state to about 6 points below. 8th grade science dropped from 71.43% to 60.0% but remains above state. Because each grade has about 48 students, small changes can swing percentages. Bottom line: strong upper-grade math and science, low dropout, and better-than-state absenteeism, but 6th grade and ELA need attention. The school is currently around middle to upper-middle among Wisconsin middle schools.
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