Summary:
The Whitewater Unified School District in Wisconsin has one middle school, Whitewater Middle, which serves grades 6-8. While the school's performance on standardized tests is generally below the district and state averages, it faces some unique challenges that may be impacting student outcomes.
Whitewater Middle's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 377 out of 640 Wisconsin middle schools in 2022-2023 to 450 out of 641 in 2023-2024. The school's performance on the Forward Exam is consistently below the state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. However, the school performs better in Social Studies, with 8th-grade students scoring above the state average in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.
Whitewater Middle also faces some socioeconomic challenges, with a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (50.58% in 2023-2024) and a chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the state average. Despite the higher per-student spending of $14,927 for the 2020-2021 school year, the school's academic performance remains below the state averages, suggesting a need to evaluate the effectiveness of resource allocation and identify areas for improvement in teaching and learning.
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