Summary:
Williams Bay School District, a small district in southeastern Wisconsin near Geneva Lake, contains just one middle school: Williams Bay Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 145 students. Because it is the district's only middle school, the Williams Bay School District's middle-grade results mirror the school's results exactly, and every reported test score in this data set is an exact percentage—none were suppressed or given as ranges.
Attendance is the school's clearest strength. In 2024–25, chronic absenteeism was 8.5%, well below the district's 11.1% and far below the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate was 0.0%. The lower middle grades also show momentum: in 2025–26, 6th grade ELA proficiency was 70.59% (state: 54.95%) and math was 64.71% (state: 53.6%). At 7th grade, ELA climbed from 43.18% to 62% and math from 31.82% to 52%. Resource inputs look favorable as well, with a student-teacher ratio of 12.1 and per-student spending of $17,629; 22.76% of students receive free or reduced lunch.
The 8th grade is the clear trouble spot. In 2025–26, math proficiency was 26.67%—27.00 points below the state—along with science at 37.78% and social studies at 46.67%, both far below state averages, and ELA at 51.11%, slightly below state. Those results fell sharply from the prior year at the same grade level. Averaged across subjects, 6th grade ran 13.38 points above state and 7th grade 1.50 points above, while 8th grade ran 15.58 points below. The school was ranked 385 of 643 (40th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–26, while the district ranked 162 of 432 (62nd percentile, 3 stars). In short: strong attendance and promising 6th and 7th grade results, but a serious 8th grade academic challenge—especially in math, science, and social studies.
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