Summary:
Middle schools in the Wauzeka-Steuben School District come down to one campus: Wauzeka Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 53 students — roughly 17–18 per grade — in the small community of Wauzeka, Wisconsin. Because it is the district's only middle school, its middle-grade test scores are also the district's middle-grade scores, though the district's overall rank and attendance figures include other schools and levels.
Math is the school's clearest strength. In 2025–2026, grade 6 math proficiency was 72.22% and grade 7 math was 80.00%, against state figures of 53.60% and 55.67%; grade 7 ELA was also above state at 66.67%. Chronic absenteeism was 3.8% versus 17.3% statewide, and the dropout rate was 0.0%. The student-teacher ratio is 9.7:1 with per-student spending of $19,025, and about 49.06% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Wauzeka Middle earned 3 stars in each of the last three years — ranking 284 of 643 (56th percentile) in 2025–2026 and peaking at 211 of 628 (66th percentile) in 2024–2025 — while the Wauzeka-Steuben School District overall holds 2 stars and sits at the 47th percentile.
Grade 8 is the current weak spot, falling below state in all four tested subjects in 2025–2026: ELA 43.75% vs 54.38%, math 50.00% vs 53.67%, social studies 62.50% vs 64.63%, and science 37.50% vs 51.86%. Science and social studies both slipped from above state in 2024–2025 to below state, and grade 6 ELA dropped from 75.00% to 55.56%. With only about 17–18 students per grade, one student equals roughly 5.6–6.3 percentage points, so these swings may reflect just a few students — still worth watching, especially in grade 8 science.
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