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
291	Glen Hills Middle	Public	4-8	2600 W Mill Rd	Glendale	53209	Milwaukee County	Glendale-River Hills School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 351-7160	483	44	11.1	38.9%	184 (38.1%)	167 (34.6%)	62 (12.8%)	18 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (10.8%)	$18,196			$461			$17,735	56.7	50	360	69		550546000575
292	Sheboygan Falls Middle	Public	5-8	2 Alfred W Miley Avenue	Sheboygan Falls	53085	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 467-7880	415	38	10.9	29.2%	339 (81.7%)	7 (1.7%)	33 (8.0%)	17 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	$11,028			$451			$10,577	56.6	58.4	275	17		551368002289
293	Clinton Junior High	Public	7-8	112 Milwaukee Rd	Clinton	53525	Rock County	Clinton Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 676-2223	132	10	13.1	36.4%	102 (77.3%)	3 (2.3%)	24 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	$12,656			$423			$12,233	56.4	33.9	470	177		550264000297
294	Gillett Middle	Public	6-8	208 W Main St	Gillett	54124	Oconto County	Gillett School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 855-2137	120	10	12.4	59.2%	95 (79.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.7%)	$14,515			$795			$13,720	56.4	50.6	356	62		550525000565
295	Wild Rose High	Public	6-12	600 Park Ave	Wild Rose	54984	Waushara County	Wild Rose School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 622-4201	287	24	11.9	43.2%	251 (87.5%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (9.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$13,630			$794			$12,835	56.4	53.1	330	35		551671002185
296	Glacial Drumlin School	Public	6-8	801 Damascus Tr	Cottage Grove	53527	Dane County	Monona Grove School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 839-8437	766	64	11.9	20.0%	587 (76.6%)	34 (4.4%)	52 (6.8%)	31 (4.0%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (7.6%)								56.3	48.6	375	79		550981001293
297	HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4601 N 84th St	Milwaukee	53225	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 383-4944	1,974	75	26.3	89.0%	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	41 (2.1%)	1,905 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (1.3%)	$14,862			$2,577			$12,284	56.1	49	371	74		550960002979
298	Horace Mann Middle	Public	6-8	3101 N 13th St	Wausau	54403	Marathon County	Wausau School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 261-0725	635	48	13.2	46.1%	411 (64.7%)	21 (3.3%)	50 (7.9%)	95 (15.0%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.9%)	$13,520			$578			$12,942	55.8	50.7	353	55		551590000544
299	Brookwood High	Public	7-12	28861 Highway 131 N	Ontario	54651	Monroe County	Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 337-4401	264	21	12.6	51.9%	204 (77.3%)	2 (0.8%)	50 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$15,221			$779			$14,441	55.7	44.2	399	100		551077001402
300	River Bluff Middle	Public	6-8	235 N Forrest St	Stoughton	53589	Dane County	Stoughton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 877-5501	569	46	12.2	28.3%	459 (80.7%)	28 (4.9%)	45 (7.9%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.7%)	$12,935			$366			$12,570	55.6	46.7	391	91		551455001887

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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.