Summary:
There is exactly one middle school in the Shawano School District: Shawano Community Middle, a grades 6–8 building serving 436 students at 1050 S Union St in Shawano, Wisconsin. Because the district operates only one middle school, school and district figures are the same number. That matters, because the district as a whole ranks in the 14th percentile statewide with a 1-star rating, while the middle school itself earned 2 stars in each of the two most recent years, sitting at the 38th–39th percentile — about 25 percentile points higher than its own district's standing.
The defining feature of this school is a sharp split between subjects. In 2025‑2026, math proficiency beat the state average in all three grades (56.12 in 6th, 57.98 in 7th, 55.84 in 8th — a three-grade average of 56.65 versus the state's 54.31), and 8th-grade science was also slightly above state (52.6 versus 51.86). English Language Arts, by contrast, trailed the state in all three grades, averaging 42.29 against the state's 54.89. Eighth-grade social studies was below state by 8.79 points. Year over year, math rose about 6 points and ELA fell about 5 points, so the gap is widening rather than closing. For parents, the clearest academic opportunity is ELA, especially in grades 6 and 8.
Beyond test scores: chronic absenteeism is 21.8%, above the state's 17.3% (roughly 1 in 5 students), though slightly better than the district's 22.4%. About 55.96% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, and the school spends $16,234 per student with a 12.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio — favorable resources against a higher-need population. The 0.6% dropout rate is well below the state's 1.1%, but dropout is not a meaningful signal for a middle-school building. Overall, this is a rising school that is strong in math and science and working to catch up in reading and writing.
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