Summary:
Prescott Middle is the only middle school in Prescott School District, serving grades 6–8 with 254 students in Prescott, WI. Because it is the district’s sole middle-level school, it defines the district’s middle-grade performance. It is a 5-star school and ranked 31st of 643 Wisconsin schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 95th percentile, while the district overall is rated 4 stars and ranked 48th of 432.
Academically, the school exceeds Wisconsin proficiency rates in every reported subject and grade. In 2025–2026, 8th-grade Mathematics reached 89.53% proficient, 35.86 points above the state, and Science was 82.56%, 30.70 points above the state. Social Studies was 83.53%, 18.90 points above the state. ELA was 71.64% in grade 6, 75.00% in grade 7, and 81.18% in grade 8; all were above state. Across eight reported tests, the school averaged about 80.0% proficient versus about 55.5% statewide, a roughly 24.5-point advantage. The strongest year-over-year gain was 8th-grade Math, up 11.12 points; 6th-grade Math fell 7.80 points, and ELA fell in grades 6 and 7 but rose in grade 8.
School context is favorable: student-teacher ratio is 10.9, per-student spending is $14,442, and free/reduced lunch is 16.54%. Chronic absenteeism is 5.1%, well below the district’s 8.9% and the state’s 17.3%. The reported dropout rate is 2.1%, higher than the district’s 0.7% and the state’s 1.1%, though middle-school dropout data can be volatile. Overall, the school remains an elite, high-performing middle school with broad academic strength; its clearest standout is 8th-grade Math, with Science and Social Studies also very strong. The main caution is the higher dropout rate and recent declines in 6th- and 7th-grade ELA and 6th-grade Math.
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