Summary:
Port Edwards School District has just one middle school in this data set, John Edwards Middle in Port Edwards, WI, serving grades 5–8 to 89 students.
John Edwards Middle is a small, 2-star school. The district ranks 298 of 432 in Wisconsin (31st percentile, 2 stars), and the school ranks 434 of 643 for 2025–2026 (33rd percentile, 2 stars). Its rank has slipped over three years — 44th percentile in 2023–2024, 38th in 2024–2025, and 33rd in 2025–2026 — meaning it is losing ground relative to other Wisconsin middle schools even while holding the same 2-star rating. Because Port Edwards School District has only this one middle school, district middle-grade test scores match the school's exactly; improvement in the district's middle grades depends almost entirely on this school.
The strongest signals are attendance and a few bright spots. Chronic absenteeism is 4.4%, far below the district's 8.4% and the state's 17.3%. Eighth grade math reached 60.61% proficient in 2025–2026, above the state's 53.67% and a gain of 23.57 percentage points from the prior year; 7th grade math was 62.5% in 2024–2025, about 7 points above state. Eighth grade science moved essentially to the state rate, and 8th grade social studies was above state in 2024–2025 but fell below it in 2025–2026. The clearest weakness is English Language Arts: every reported ELA grade in both years is below state, with the largest gap in 6th grade in 2025–2026 at 22.60 points below. Math is uneven — 5th grade math is only 21.88%, nearly 30 points below state, and 6th grade math fell from 52.00% to 35.29%. Context: the dropout rate is 1.5% versus 0.9% district and 1.1% state; per-student spending is $16,890; the student-teacher ratio is a low 8.2; and 50.56% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. With only 89 students, year-to-year percentages can swing on a handful of students, so trends should be read with caution.
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