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
281	Bluff View Middle	Public	6-8	1901 E Wells St	Prairie du Chien	53821	Crawford County	Prairie du Chien Area School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 326-3710	200	15	13.7	50.0%	182 (91.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.0%)	$15,845			$979			$14,865	57.8	75.6	118	163		551215002844
282	Riverdale Junior High	Public	7-8	235 E Elm St	Muscoda	53573	Grant County	Riverdale School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 739-3116	88	5	16.3	53.4%	80 (90.9%)	3 (3.4%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.5%)	$12,208			$922			$11,286	57.8	48	381	99		551014001064
283	Argyle Middle	Public	6-8	14665 State Road 78	Argyle	53504	Lafayette County	Argyle School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 543-3318	62	6	9.7	29.0%	56 (90.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	$14,367			$535			$13,832	57.7	41.9	416	133		550045003073
284	Cameron Academy of Virtual Education	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	750 S 1st St	Cameron	54822	Barron County	Cameron School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(715) 458-5611	134	6	21.6	35.8%	126 (94.0%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$8,520			$332			$8,189	57.6	51.4	351	67		550213002851
285	Green Lake High	Public	7-12	612 Mill St	Green Lake	54941	Green Lake County	Green Lake School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 294-6411	139	16	8.9	36.7%	120 (86.3%)	2 (1.4%)	9 (6.5%)	4 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	$15,337			$569			$14,767	57.5	56	295	10		550588000647
286	Drummond Junior High	Public	7-8	52440 Eastern Ave	Drummond	54832	Bayfield County	Drummond Area School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 739-6669	53	6	9	39.6%	43 (81.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (9.4%)	$20,901			$2,325			$18,576	57.5	57.1	288	2		550381000397
287	Seymour Middle	Public	6-8	10 Circle Dr	Seymour	54165	Outagamie County	Seymour Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 833-7199	284	26	10.9	42.3%	199 (70.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.1%)	2 (0.7%)	31 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.2%)	$14,332			$725			$13,607	57.3	54.2	316	29		551353001772
288	Prentice Middle	Public	5-8	1025 Town St	Prentice	54556	Price County	Prentice School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 428-2811	90	7	12.2	37.8%	79 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.9%)	$14,984			$975			$14,010	57.1	61.1	257	31		551221002767
289	Spooner Middle	Public	5-8	750 Oak St	Spooner	54801	Washburn County	Spooner Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 635-2173	276	24	11.3	48.9%	247 (89.5%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.1%)	$15,849			$1,691			$14,158	57.1	55.6	298	9		551422001849
290	Lakeview K-8 Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	6729 18th Avenue	Kenosha	53143	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 359-2746	988	68	14.5	46.8%	522 (52.8%)	54 (5.5%)	306 (31.0%)	21 (2.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (8.4%)	$13,100			$661			$12,439	57.1	50.7	355	65		550732002758

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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.