Summary:
The West Bend School District in Wisconsin is home to two strong-performing middle schools: Badger Middle and Silverbrook Intermediate. Both schools have consistently ranked in the top 30% of Wisconsin middle schools, with Badger Middle maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is a high-performing institution.
Academically, the two schools excel, with students at Silverbrook Intermediate performing significantly above the state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics, particularly in the 6th grade. Badger Middle also boasts a relatively low dropout rate of 1.3% for the 2023-2024 school year. However, both schools face a challenge with higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rates, with 17.7% of students at each school missing a significant number of school days.
In terms of socioeconomic factors, Badger Middle and Silverbrook Intermediate have similar free/reduced lunch rates, with around 32-34% of students qualifying for these programs. The spending per student is slightly higher at Silverbrook Intermediate ($11,906) compared to Badger Middle ($11,493) for the 2020-2021 school year, and Badger Middle has a lower student-teacher ratio of 12.9, compared to Silverbrook Intermediate's ratio of 15.
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