Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the Forward Exam test scores by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Thursday, September 25, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 628)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
21	Sevastopol Middle	Public	6-8	4550 Highway 57	Sturgeon Bay	54235	Door County	Sevastopol School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 743-6282	140	10	13.5	29.3%	109 (77.9%)	1 (0.7%)	25 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	$15,971			$769			$15,201	90.6	93	12	9		551350000496
22	Maple Dale School	Public	4-8	8377 N Port Washington Rd	Fox Point	53217	Milwaukee County	Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 351-7380	224	23	9.8	1.3%	152 (67.9%)	19 (8.5%)	24 (10.7%)	13 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.1%)	$17,829			$649			$17,180	90.5	90.2	23	1		550477000516
23	Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle	Public	5-8	50 W Union Ave	Cedar Grove	53013	Sheboygan County	Cedar Grove-Belgium Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 668-8518	252	16	15.7	22.6%	200 (79.4%)	4 (1.6%)	37 (14.7%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	$11,741			$283			$11,459	90	82.5	66	43		550243001629
24	De Pere Middle	Public	7-8	700 Swan Rd	De Pere	54115	Brown County	De Pere School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 337-1024	690	49	14.2	21.6%	574 (83.2%)	18 (2.6%)	45 (6.5%)	22 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (4.3%)	$11,186			$357			$10,830	89.8	90.1	25	1		550321000362
25	Slinger Middle	Public	6-8	521 Olympic Dr	Slinger	53086	Washington County	Slinger School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 644-5226	740	44	16.6	17.0%	657 (88.8%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (6.1%)	10 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.2%)	$9,345			$187			$9,158	89.8	84.8	54	29		551395001820
26	Core Knowledge Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	300 Richard Street	Verona	53593	Dane County	Verona Area School District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 845-4130	417	23	18.1	10.6%	319 (76.5%)	16 (3.8%)	28 (6.7%)	35 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	$11,787			$271			$11,515	89.7	87	44	18		551533001153
27	Kohler Middle	Public	6-8	333 Upper Rd	Kohler	53044	Sheboygan County	Kohler School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 803-7282	168	10	16		133 (79.2%)	1 (0.6%)	14 (8.3%)	16 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	$8,552			$201			$8,351	89.7	94	9	18		550750002946
28	Winneconne Middle	Public	6-8	400 N 9th Ave	Winneconne	54986	Winnebago County	Winneconne Community School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 582-5800	411	25	16.3	17.5%	387 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	$10,866			$321			$10,546	89.6	89.9	26	2		551683002192
29	Lake Denoon Middle	Public	5-8	W216S10586 Crowbar Dr	Muskego	53150	Waukesha County	Muskego-Norway School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 971-1820	673	47	14.3	10.4%	580 (86.2%)	5 (0.7%)	46 (6.8%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.1%)	$12,042			$348			$11,694	89.5	83.9	57	28		551017001850
30	Elmwood Middle	Public	5-8	213 S Scott St	Elmwood	54740	Pierce County	Elmwood School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 639-2721	92	7	12.4	29.3%	90 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,282			$167			$12,115	89.4	86.7	45	15		550435000347

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Forward Exam English Language Arts, Forward Exam Mathematics, Forward Exam Social Studies, Forward Exam Science test scores released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 25, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.