Summary:
Peshtigo Middle is the only middle school in the Peshtigo School District, serving 151 students in grades 7 and 8 at 380 Green St. in Peshtigo, Wisconsin — roughly 75 to 76 students per grade. Because it is the district's only middle school, school and district figures for these grades are essentially the same, so year-to-year changes here tell the district's middle-grade story.
Attendance is the standout strength. In 2024-25, 8.7% of students were chronically absent — about half the statewide rate of 17.3% and better than the district's 11.0% — and the dropout rate was 0.0%. Academically, five of six tested subject-and-grade results improved from 2024-25 to 2025-26, led by 8th grade Math (41.33 to 52.7), Social Studies (55.26 to 62.16), and ELA (40.79 to 47.3). Average proficiency across all six tests rose from 47.12% to 50.75% while the state rose only slightly, and the school's statewide rank climbed from 433rd to 394th, moving into the 39th percentile.
The clearest weak spot is 7th grade Math, where 42.31% of students were proficient against 55.67% statewide — a 13.36-point gap and a 12.62-point drop from the prior year. That drop mostly reflects a new class arriving with lower math proficiency: the students who scored 54.93% as 7th graders scored 52.7% as 8th graders. The two grades have nearly opposite profiles — 7th grade is stronger in ELA (50%) and much weaker in math, while 8th grade is the reverse. The school still trails the state in all six tested subjects and holds a 2-star rating, though the margins are now under 2 points in 8th grade Math and Science, and under 2.5 in Social Studies. With $14,100 spent per student and a 13.7:1 student-teacher ratio, resources look solid; the open question is whether this year's gains hold as cohorts change.
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