Summary:
There is one middle school in the Viroqua Area School District: Viroqua Middle in Viroqua, WI, serving grades 5–8 with 253 students. The district as a whole ranks 73rd of 432 Wisconsin districts — the 83rd percentile with 4 stars — which is a strong district-level signal. Because Viroqua Middle is the only middle school in the district, all middle-level findings describe that school alone; there is no in-district peer school to compare it against, so parents should read its results against district and state averages instead.
Academically, there is a lot to like. In 2025–2026 the school scored above the state in 8 of 10 tested subject-and-grade areas, and 7th grade mathematics stands out at 70.97% proficient — 15.30 points above the state and up 10.26 points from the prior year. 6th grade ELA (63.49%), 8th grade social studies (67.80%), and 8th grade science (57.63%) also beat state averages. Attendance and dropout indicators are favorable too: chronic absenteeism is 12.0%, lower than the district (12.5%) and state (17.3%), and the reported dropout rate is 0.0%. The caveat is local comparison — the school trailed its own district in 9 of 10 areas, with 8th grade mathematics (54.24% vs. 53.52%) the only exception.
The clearest pressure point is 8th grade. ELA fell from 65.52% to 45.76% year over year — a 19.76 percentage-point decline — leaving it 8.62 points below the state, and 8th grade mathematics dropped 14.73 points to 54.24%, barely above district and state. 5th grade mathematics is also below both benchmarks at 41.94%. The school's rank slipped from 162/641 and the 75th percentile in 2023–2024, to 180/628 (71st percentile) in 2024–2025, to 255/643 (60th percentile) with 3 stars in 2025–2026. In short, a school with genuine strengths and favorable attendance, but recent volatility at 8th grade and a weaker relative standing.
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