Summary:
The Onalaska Middle is the sole middle school in the Onalaska School District in Wisconsin. This strong-performing school has consistently ranked in the top half of Wisconsin middle schools over the past three years, with a high ranking of 172 out of 641 schools in 2023-2024.
Onalaska Middle's academic performance is particularly impressive, with students outperforming the state average on the Forward Exam in all subject areas tested. The school's 8th-grade students achieved 75.74% proficiency in Social Studies and 68.81% proficiency in Mathematics, significantly exceeding the statewide averages. Additionally, the school's dropout rate of 1.3% in 2023-2024 is significantly lower than the state average, indicating high student retention.
While Onalaska Middle serves a relatively affluent student population, with only 29.89% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, the school's student-teacher ratio of 13.6 is lower than the state average, suggesting smaller class sizes. The district's spending of $12,459 per student is also higher than the state average, which may contribute to the school's strong performance. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% is still higher than the state's goal of 13%, which could be an area for the district to focus on improving.
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