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
261	Monroe Middle	Public	6-8	1510 13th Street	Monroe	53566	Green County	Monroe School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 328-7120	483	36	13.5	41.4%	376 (77.8%)	5 (1.0%)	82 (17.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	$13,896			$1,296			$12,602	60.2	61.9	250	11		550984001299
262	Mercer School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2690W Margaret St	Mercer	54547	Iron County	Mercer School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 388-8266	92	16	5.7	48.9%	82 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)	$20,658			$1,443			$19,216	60.1	72.1	157	105		550915001092
263	Rice Lake Middle	Public	5-8	204 Cameron Rd	Rice Lake	54868	Barron County	Rice Lake Area School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 234-8156	622	53	11.7	43.2%	539 (86.7%)	4 (0.6%)	36 (5.8%)	10 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.7%)	$12,147			$514			$11,633	60	57.3	285	22		551281001697
264	Waupaca Middle	Public	5-8	1149 Shoemaker Rd	Waupaca	54981	Waupaca County	Waupaca School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 258-4140	546	43	12.7	43.4%	474 (86.8%)	6 (1.1%)	43 (7.9%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.1%)	$15,367			$859			$14,508	59.7	64.4	226	38		551584002036
265	Princeton School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	604 Old Green Lake Rd	Princeton	54968	Green Lake County	Princeton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 295-6571	285	29	9.9	46.3%	262 (91.9%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	$15,361			$868			$14,493	59.5	76.8	110	155		551230001595
266	Belmont High	Public	7-12	646 E Liberty St	Belmont	53510	Lafayette County	Belmont Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 762-5131	168	15	10.8	33.3%	147 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	$14,227			$788			$13,438	59.4	65.7	214	52		550102000135
267	Sabish Middle	Public	6-8	100 N Peters Ave	Fond du Lac	54935	Fond du Lac County	Fond du Lac School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 929-2800	445	35	12.8	57.3%	210 (47.2%)	54 (12.1%)	128 (28.8%)	21 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.0%)	$13,622			$943			$12,679	59.4	53.7	321	54		550468000504
268	Parkview Middle	Public	6-8	955 Willard Dr	Green Bay	54304	Brown County	Ashwaubenon School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 492-2940	747	52	14.2	37.5%	549 (73.5%)	25 (3.3%)	54 (7.2%)	33 (4.4%)	12 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	72 (9.6%)	$10,770			$648			$10,122	59.4	52.7	336	68		550054000083
269	Durand Middle/High	Public	6-12	604 7th Ave E	Durand	54736	Pepin County	Durand-Arkansaw School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 672-8917	537	40	13.5	35.8%	489 (91.1%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	$12,229			$617			$11,612	59.2	48.8	373	104		550384000136
270	Ruth Harman Academy	Public	K-8	8518 22nd Avenue	Kenosha	53143	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 359-2191	427	37	11.6	37.0%	238 (55.7%)	22 (5.2%)	111 (26.0%)	21 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.2%)	$13,070			$661			$12,409	59.1	43.4	408	138		550732002457

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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.