Summary:
The Medford Area Public School District in Wisconsin has only one middle school, Medford Middle, which serves students in grades 6-8. The data shows that Medford Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Wisconsin middle schools, with below-average performance on standardized tests compared to district and state averages.
Medford Middle's academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better on the Forward Exam, is generally lower than the state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the 8th-grade proficiency rates for Medford Middle were 29.32% in ELA and 47.37% in Math, compared to the state averages of 53.97% and 53.06%, respectively. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7%, which is significantly higher than the state average.
Despite having a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 11.8 and higher-than-average per-student spending of $12,934 in the 2020-2021 school year, Medford Middle's academic performance remains below state averages. This suggests that the district may need to evaluate the effectiveness of its resource allocation and develop targeted strategies to address the school's challenges, such as improving attendance and academic achievement.
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