Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wisconsin test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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
221	Boyceville Middle	Public	6-8	1031 Tiffany St	Boyceville	54725	Dunn County	Boyceville Community School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 643-3647	155	10	15.6	41.9%	139 (89.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.5%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	$11,619			$631			$10,988	65	49.2	368	147		550159002460
222	Kennedy Middle	Public	6-8	N118W15860 Williams Drive	Germantown	53022	Washington County	Germantown School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 253-3450	865	56	15.4	13.9%	646 (74.7%)	50 (5.8%)	56 (6.5%)	63 (7.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.5%)	$11,542			$308			$11,234	64.9	66.5	203	19		550516000554
223	Fremont STEM Academy Inc.	Public, Charter	5-8	615 Wolf River Dr	Fremont	54940	Waupaca County	Weyauwega-Fremont School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(920) 867-8065	34	3	11.3	38.2%	33 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								64.9			(n/a)		551650003172
224	New London Middle	Public	5-8	1000 W Washington St	New London	54961	Waupaca County	New London School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 982-8532	540	41	13.2	40.6%	446 (82.6%)	6 (1.1%)	61 (11.3%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.5%)	$11,226			$535			$10,691	64.7	57.2	287	63		551059001388
225	Einstein Middle	Public	6-8	324 E Florida Ave	Appleton	54911	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 852-5420	851	59	14.3	28.9%	643 (75.6%)	17 (2.0%)	56 (6.6%)	85 (10.0%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	43 (5.1%)	$11,449			$911			$10,538	64.6	65.9	211	14		550039000052
226	Barneveld Middle School	Public	6-8	304 S Jones St	Barneveld	53507	Iowa County	Barneveld School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 924-4711	96	11	9	13.5%	87 (90.6%)	1 (1.0%)	4 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.2%)								64.6	75.5	122	104		550084003158
227	Riverview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	300 Prosser St	Silver Lake	53170	Kenosha County	Silver Lake J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 889-4384	449	30	14.8	32.7%	376 (83.7%)	2 (0.4%)	47 (10.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.5%)	$12,025			$512			$11,513	64.5	76.3	114	113		551386001815
228	Pembine High	Public	7-12	N18775 Sauld St	Pembine	54156	Marinette County	Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 324-5314	87	12	7.3	59.8%	82 (94.3%)	2 (2.3%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,043			$1,309			$22,733	64.5	50.1	359	131		551155001530
229	Valders Middle	Public	5-8	138 Jefferson St	Valders	54245	Manitowoc County	Valders Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 775-9520	259	22	11.9	22.4%	235 (90.7%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (6.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$11,893			$397			$11,496	64.1	62.1	249	20		551521001968
230	Salem Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	8828 Antioch Rd	Salem	53168	Kenosha County	Salem School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 843-2356	936	65	14.4	32.4%	784 (83.8%)	17 (1.8%)	93 (9.9%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.2%)	$13,665			$511			$13,154	64	62.5	244	14		551335001753

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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.