Summary:
The Verona Area School District in Wisconsin is home to two middle schools: Badger Ridge Middle and Savanna Oaks Middle. Based on the available data, Savanna Oaks Middle appears to be the standout school in the district, consistently outperforming Badger Ridge Middle on various metrics.
Savanna Oaks Middle has ranked higher than Badger Ridge Middle in the statewide SchoolDigger rankings, reaching as high as 126th out of 628 Wisconsin middle schools in the 2024-2025 school year. Additionally, Savanna Oaks Middle outperforms Badger Ridge Middle and the district average in most subject areas and grade levels on the Forward Exam, with 74.75% of 6th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 58.33% at Badger Ridge and 64.13% for the district. Savanna Oaks Middle also has a lower student-teacher ratio of 10.7, compared to 13 at Badger Ridge Middle, indicating smaller class sizes and potentially more individualized attention for students.
Both Badger Ridge Middle and Savanna Oaks Middle have a 1.3% dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year, which is lower than the state average. However, both schools have a 17.7% chronic absenteeism rate for the same year, which is higher than the state average. Savanna Oaks Middle has a slightly higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (28.16%) compared to Badger Ridge Middle (26.86%), and it also spends more per student ($13,916) than Badger Ridge Middle ($12,900) in the 2020-2021 school year.
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