Summary:
The Pardeeville Area School District in Pardeeville, Wisconsin, has just one middle school: Pardeeville Middle, which serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 248 students. Because it is the only middle school in the district, it is the entire middle-level option for local families — and it is a strong one. In 2025–2026 the school earned 4 stars and ranked 133 out of 643 middle schools in Wisconsin, placing it in the 79th percentile. The district overall is rated 3 stars and ranked 200 out of 432 districts, in the 54th percentile, so the middle school is a relative bright spot.
The school's upward trend is the biggest story. It moved from 338 out of 641 (47th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024, to 275 out of 628 (56th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025, to 133 out of 643 (79th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 — a 205-position improvement over two years. In 2025–2026, Pardeeville Middle scored above the state in 8 of 10 reported test areas. Standouts include 8th grade social studies at 83.67% (19.04 points above the state), 6th grade ELA at 73.33%, and 8th grade science and math at 69.39% each.
Gains were broad-based: 9 of 10 test areas improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Seventh grade saw a dramatic turnaround — math rose from 36.73% to 62.67% (+25.94 points) and ELA from 42.86% to 62.67%. The clear weak spot is 5th grade, where math fell from 47.92% to 37.93% (13.88 points below the state) and ELA was 48.28% versus the state's 53.63%. School context: chronic absenteeism is 10.0%, better than the state's 17.3% but above the district's 7.6%; 35.48% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch; per-student spending is $12,649; and the student-teacher ratio is 17.2. The dropout rate is 0.0.
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