Summary:
Westby Area School District is served by a single middle school: Westby Middle, located at 206 West Ave S in Westby, Wisconsin. It serves grades 5–8 with 272 students, so it is the district's only option for middle-level families. Because it is the sole middle school in Westby Area School District, the school's test results and the district's middle-grade results are the same, and there is no internal comparison to make — the useful comparison is against Wisconsin statewide averages.
Academically, Westby Middle is solidly above state overall. The simple average proficiency across all listed middle-grade tests was 58.38%, compared with 54.95% statewide — an advantage of about 3.4 points, though narrower than the prior year's 7.3-point edge. The strongest results are in 8th grade: Science at 65.63% proficient versus 51.86% statewide (nearly 14 points above), Social Studies at 68.75% versus 64.63%, and ELA at 65.63% versus 54.38%. Sixth grade ELA and Math both reached 60%, above state in each subject. The school has ranked around the 66th–68th percentile in Wisconsin with 3 stars over the last three listed years.
Areas to watch are concentrated in the earlier grades. Fifth grade Math was 40.85% proficient, about 11 points below state, and has stayed below state in both years shown. Fifth grade ELA dropped sharply, from 63.49% to 49.30%, flipping from above state to below it. Seventh grade ELA improved to 52.86% but remains about 2.5 points below state. Math 7 and 8 declined from exceptionally high prior levels to 61.43% and 59.38%, yet both remain above state. Engagement indicators look positive: chronic absenteeism was 15.4%, below the district (16.5%) and state (17.3%), and the reported dropout rate was 0.0% versus 1.1% statewide. Context: 32.35% free/reduced lunch, a 12.8:1 student-teacher ratio, and $14,970 per-student spending in 2024-2025; with only 272 students, grade-level results can swing noticeably year to year.
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