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
101	Meyer Middle	Public	6-8	230 N 9th St	River Falls	54022	Pierce County	River Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 425-1820	725	49	14.7	18.1%	628 (86.6%)	10 (1.4%)	47 (6.5%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.6%)	$10,532			$379			$10,154	78.4	83.3	63	38		551305001723
102	Indian Mound Middle	Public	6-8	6330 Exchange St	Mc Farland	53558	Dane County	McFarland School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 838-8980	534	47	11.3	18.0%	436 (81.6%)	15 (2.8%)	29 (5.4%)	20 (3.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.0%)	$15,097			$431			$14,666	78.4	80.6	82	20		550891001036
103	Raymond Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2659 76th St	Franksville	53126	Racine County	Raymond #14 School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(262) 835-2929	385	31	12.3	13.8%	323 (83.9%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (10.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (3.9%)	$11,889			$475			$11,415	78.3	81.4	78	25		551248001656
104	Amery Middle	Public	6-8	501 Minneapolis Ave S	Amery	54001	Polk County	Amery School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 268-9771	275	27	10.2	37.1%	242 (88.0%)	3 (1.1%)	14 (5.1%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.4%)	$13,513			$300			$13,213	77.9	83.8	59	45		550030000031
105	Greendale Middle	Public	6-8	6800 Schoolway	Greendale	53129	Milwaukee County	Greendale School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 423-2800	617	43	14.2	27.1%	407 (66.0%)	18 (2.9%)	120 (19.4%)	39 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.2%)	$12,474			$689			$11,785	77.9	75.2	128	23		550591002255
106	River Ridge Middle	Public	5-8	11165 County Highway P	Patch Grove	53817	Grant County	River Ridge School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 994-2715	124	12	10.4	42.7%	110 (88.7%)	2 (1.6%)	7 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.0%)								77.6	88.6	34	72		550001700685
107	Karcher Middle School	Public	5-8	300 Wainwright Avenue	Burlington	53105	Racine County	Burlington Area School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 763-0190	779	47	16.4	34.7%	589 (75.6%)	14 (1.8%)	125 (16.0%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.5%)	$14,862			$807			$14,055	77.5	78.2	102	5		550189000238
108	New Leaf Prep Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	360 AMS Ct	Green Bay	54313	Brown County	New Leaf Prep Academy Inc	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 455-0292	225	13	17.3	4.4%	193 (85.8%)	9 (4.0%)	9 (4.0%)	4 (1.8%)	7 (3.1%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)								77.4	53.4	326	218		550009003143
109	Bridges Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1201 N Sales St	Merrill	54452	Lincoln County	Merrill Area School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(715) 536-9593	674	39	17.2	10.8%	545 (80.9%)	14 (2.1%)	55 (8.2%)	13 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (6.8%)	$9,183			$176			$9,007	77.3	79.1	94	15		550921002927
110	Minocqua Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	7450 Titus Dr	Minocqua	54548	Oneida County	Minocqua J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 356-5206	506	48	10.5	32.4%	434 (85.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.3%)	4 (0.8%)	13 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (6.1%)	$13,864			$518			$13,346	77.1	80.4	87	23		550969001278

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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.
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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.