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
181	Oak Creek East Middle	Public	6-8	9330 S Shepard Ave	Oak Creek	53154	Milwaukee County	Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 768-6260	935	62	15.1	25.6%	617 (66.0%)	33 (3.5%)	177 (18.9%)	45 (4.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (6.6%)	$11,641			$678			$10,963	69.9	73.2	151	30		551083001412
182	Oak Creek West Middle	Public	6-8	8401 S 13th St	Oak Creek	53154	Milwaukee County	Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 768-6250	531	36	14.7	45.4%	272 (51.2%)	36 (6.8%)	128 (24.1%)	57 (10.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.8%)	$12,630			$678			$11,952	69.8	76.3	112	70		551083000419
183	Hayward Middle	Public	6-8	10408 N Greenwood Ln	Hayward	54843	Sawyer County	Hayward Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 634-2619	340	33	10.2	50.0%	218 (64.1%)	4 (1.2%)	16 (4.7%)	1 (0.3%)	68 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.7%)	$14,890			$1,417			$13,473	69.8	67.4	196	13		550627000691
184	Rural Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	624 College St	Medford	54451	Taylor County	Medford Area Public School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(715) 748-2400	2,259	85	26.7	30.9%	1,916 (84.8%)	28 (1.2%)	160 (7.1%)	15 (0.7%)	33 (1.5%)	5 (0.2%)	102 (4.5%)	$9,428			$212			$9,216	69.7	73.4	148	36		550894002598
185	Colfax High	Public	7-12	601 University Ave	Colfax	54730	Dunn County	Colfax School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 962-3155	318	25	12.8	31.1%	302 (95.0%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$13,236			$885			$12,352	69.4	73.7	141	44		550279000316
186	Lake Country Academy - Charter	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	4101 Technology Pkwy	Sheboygan	53083	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 208-3020	447	31	14.3	37.6%	261 (58.4%)	5 (1.1%)	120 (26.8%)	23 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.5%)	$12,134			$403			$11,731	69.3	58.9	272	86		551365002733
187	Ripon Middle	Public	6-8	1120 Metomen St	Ripon	54971	Fond du Lac County	Ripon Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 748-4638	302	26	11.6	37.7%	249 (82.5%)	1 (0.3%)	35 (11.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	$10,752			$267			$10,485	69.3	70.1	175	12		551302001719
188	Freedom Middle	Public	6-8	N4021 County Road E	Freedom	54130	Outagamie County	Freedom Area School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 788-7945	339	25	13.5	18.6%	289 (85.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.5%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)	$10,552			$352			$10,200	69.2	73.2	150	38		550492000534
189	Amherst Middle	Public	5-8	357 N Main St	Amherst	54406	Portage County	Tomorrow River School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 824-5524	257	23	11.2	28.0%	235 (91.4%)	4 (1.6%)	7 (2.7%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	$10,969			$168			$10,801	69.2	74.3	136	53		550033000034
190	Union Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1745 Milldrum St	Union Grove	53182	Racine County	Union Grove J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 878-2015	886	57	15.6	28.2%	718 (81.0%)	9 (1.0%)	104 (11.7%)	11 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (4.9%)	$12,146			$375			$11,770	69	68.7	188	2		551518001964

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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.