Summary:
Mineral Point Middle is the only middle school in the Mineral Point Unified School District, serving grades 6–8 with 170 students in a small-town southwestern Wisconsin setting. Because it is the district's sole middle school, the school's results and the district's middle-grade results are identical in every tested subject. Its profile includes a 27.65% free/reduced-lunch rate, $16,403 in per-student spending, and a 12.6:1 student-teacher ratio.
Academically, the school performs above the Wisconsin average in most subjects, though its margin has narrowed. In 2025–2026 it beat the state in ELA grades 6, 7 and 8, math grades 7 and 8, and 8th-grade social studies; in 2024–2025 it beat the state in 7 of 8 reported tests. Current bright spots are 7th-grade math, at 63.64% proficient versus 55.67% statewide, and 8th-grade social studies, at 67.24% versus 64.63% statewide and stable across both years. Averaging all eight tests, the school scored 63.89% in 2024–2025 against a state average of 54.42%, and 58.18% in 2025–2026 against 55.51%.
Several watch items stand out for parents. Eighth-grade results fell sharply after an exceptional prior year — ELA from 76.60% to 60.34% and math from 74.47% to 56.90% — partly reflecting a new cohort moving up. Science is the clearest relative weakness, below state in both years at 46.94% vs. 50.04% and 51.72% vs. 51.86%, and 6th-grade math dropped to 50.00%, which is 3.60 points below state. The school's rank also slipped, from 73rd percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 58th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026, even as the district holds a stronger 70th percentile, 4-star rating. Lastly, chronic absenteeism is 14.3% — below the state's 17.3% but well above the district's 8.1%.
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