Summary:
Middle schools in the Oconto Falls Public School District come down to a single school: Oconto Falls Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 377 students. Because it is the only middle school in the district, the most useful comparisons are against the state and against the school's own past performance — and on both counts, the picture is a positive one.
The school's rankings have climbed steadily. It moved from 304th of 641 middle schools (53rd percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 155th of 628 (75th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025, and then to 146th of 643 (77th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026. Its greatest academic strength is math: in 2025–2026, proficiency was 72.28% in 6th grade, 74.22% in 7th grade, and 78.33% in 8th grade, while state math proficiency ran in the low-to-mid 50s in those grades. Reading and English language arts are also above the state in every grade, though by smaller margins, and 6th grade ELA dipped 3.89 points year over year to 64.36%. Eighth grade science rose 6.28 points to 57.50%, the biggest year-over-year gain, and social studies was 68.33% proficient. Every reported subject and grade was above the state average in both years shown. One clear tension: 8th grade math far outpaces 8th grade ELA and science, a gap of roughly 19 to 21 points.
Attendance is a standout. Chronic absenteeism was 7.4% in 2024–2025, below the district's 9.9% and less than half the state's 17.3%. The school reports 38.46% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending of $15,550, and a student-teacher ratio of 12.7. The reported dropout rate of 1.1% matches the state and exceeds the district figure, but dropout is not a typical measure for grades 6–8 and is best read cautiously.
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