Summary:
The Random Lake School District in Wisconsin has only one middle school, Random Lake Middle, which serves grades 6-8. While the school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking in recent years, dropping from 223rd out of 640 Wisconsin middle schools in 2022-2023 to 364th out of 628 in 2024-2025, it still performs above the state average in some subject areas, such as 6th and 8th grade math. However, the school lags behind the state average in English Language Arts.
Random Lake Middle has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 34.19% in the 2023-2024 school year, and the school's per-student spending for the 2020-2021 school year was $13,379, which is higher than the state average. This suggests that the school may be serving a population with greater socioeconomic challenges, which could be a factor in the school's academic performance. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is a significant concern and may be contributing to the school's academic challenges.
Despite these challenges, Random Lake Middle has a relatively low dropout rate of 1.3% for the 2023-2024 school year, and its student-teacher ratio of 11:1 is lower than the state average, which may indicate a focus on smaller class sizes. By addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism and targeting interventions and support for the school's socioeconomic challenges, the Random Lake School District can work to improve the academic outcomes of students at Random Lake Middle.
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