Summary:
Whitefish Bay School District has one middle school, Whitefish Bay Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 612 students in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. The school is a statewide standout: in 2025–2026 it ranked 5th of 643 Wisconsin middle schools, in the 99th percentile with 5 stars, after moving up from 17th of 641 in 2023–2024 and 8th of 628 in 2024–2025. The district is also ranked 6th of 432 districts in Wisconsin, at the 99th percentile with 5 stars. Because this district lists only one middle school, district middle-school results mirror the school’s results.
On the 2025–2026 Forward Exam, proficiency at Whitefish Bay Middle was far above state levels in every reported subject and grade. School rates ranged from 81.91% to 90.95%, while state rates ranged from 51.86% to 64.63%. Every assessment was at least 26.32 percentage points above the state, with the largest gap in Math 6th Grade at +36.62 points. Social Studies 8th Grade was the highest reported score at 90.95%, followed by ELA 6th Grade at 90.76% and Math 6th Grade at 90.22%. The lowest reported scores, ELA 8th Grade and Science 8th Grade, were both 81.91%—still roughly 27–30 points above the matching state rates. Five of eight assessments improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Math averaged slightly higher than ELA: 87.77% versus 86.76%.
Attendance and persistence metrics are exceptionally favorable. Chronic absenteeism is 3.2%, compared with 17.3% statewide, and the dropout rate is 0.0%, compared with 1.1% statewide. Per-student spending is $13,509, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.6; these are descriptive context because the data set does not include state or peer comparison values. Free/reduced lunch data is not provided, so it cannot be used to contextualize performance. Overall, Whitefish Bay Middle is a top-1% Wisconsin middle school with strong proficiency across ELA, math, social studies, and science, very low absenteeism, a zero reported dropout rate, and an improving statewide rank.
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