Summary:
Marathon Venture Academy is the only middle school in the Marathon City School District, serving grades 6–8 with 173 students at 100 Spring Valley Dr in Marathon, Wisconsin, which means it is the district's entire middle-grade profile and the most meaningful comparison is against the state of Wisconsin as a whole.
Academically, 8th grade is the school's clearest strength. In 2025–2026, 8th grade science was 72.73% proficient, about 20.9 points above the state; 8th grade math 74.55%, about 20.9 points above; and 8th grade social studies 78.18%, about 13.6 points above. Across the four 8th grade subjects, the school averaged about 70.9% versus about 56.1% for the state. Grades 6 and 7 English language arts are the main concern: 6th grade ELA came in at 43.10%, about 11.9 points below state, and 7th grade ELA at 40.82%, about 14.5 points below, after reaching 66.67% the year before. Math is uneven by grade, with 8th grade math up about 31 points year over year while 7th grade math fell about 14.9 points, though it stayed above state at 59.18%. Overall, 5 of 8 tested subject-grades were above state, up from 3 of 8 the prior year. Statewide the school ranked 268th of 643 (58th percentile, 3 stars), up from the 51st percentile but below its 2023–2024 peak of 73rd percentile and 4 stars; the district overall is rated 73rd percentile with 4 stars.
Attendance and resources look solid: chronic absenteeism is 12.2%, below the district's 14.2% and the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate is 0.0%. Per-student spending is $11,172, the student-teacher ratio is 15:1, and 26.59% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Because each grade has only about 50–60 students, a 10-point change can reflect just a handful of students, so single-year swings should be read with caution.
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