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
391	John Edwards Middle	Public	6-8	801 2nd St	Port Edwards	54469	Wood County	Port Edwards School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 887-9000	89	11	8.2	50.6%	77 (86.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.6%)	2 (2.2%)	4 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$14,766			$714			$14,052	45.3	49.9	362	29		551197000580
392	Suring Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	411 Algoma St	Suring	54174	Oconto County	Suring Public School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 842-2181	196	18	10.9	55.6%	162 (82.7%)	2 (1.0%)	9 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.6%)	$16,753			$1,125			$15,629	45.2	56.2	294	98		551470001921
393	Bonduel Middle	Public	5-8	400 W Green Bay St	Bonduel	54107	Shawano County	Bonduel School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 758-4850	212	11	20.1	37.7%	185 (87.3%)	3 (1.4%)	16 (7.5%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	$13,434			$476			$12,958	44.9	64.9	221	172		550147002383
394	Madison Middle	Public	6-8	2020 S Carpenter St	Appleton	54915	Calumet County	Appleton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 852-5425	929	68	13.6	43.7%	565 (60.8%)	37 (4.0%)	141 (15.2%)	112 (12.1%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (7.2%)	$11,383			$911			$10,472	44.7	41.5	417	23		550039000060
395	Wilson Middle	Public	6-8	1200 N 9th St	Manitowoc	54220	Manitowoc County	Manitowoc School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 663-9580	478	41	11.7	38.9%	339 (70.9%)	11 (2.3%)	74 (15.5%)	20 (4.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.5%)	$13,018			$660			$12,358	44.6	41.5	418	23		550861000981
396	Cumberland Middle	Public	5-8	980 8th Ave	Cumberland	54829	Barron County	Cumberland School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 822-5122	256	20	12.6	42.2%	213 (83.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.8%)	2 (0.8%)	14 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$13,000			$1,536			$11,463	44.6	54.2	315	81		550309000304
397	Whitewater Middle	Public	6-8	401 S Elizabeth St	Whitewater	53190	Walworth County	Whitewater Unified School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 472-8300	394	35	11.4	50.3%	202 (51.3%)	12 (3.0%)	159 (40.4%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.3%)	$14,927			$1,266			$13,659	44.3	36.5	450	53		551668002178
398	Traver Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	W3490 Linton Rd	Lake Geneva	53147	Walworth County	Linn J4 School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 248-4067	75	14	5.2	56.0%	43 (57.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (36.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.3%)	$17,977			$742			$17,236	44.2	35.9	457	59		550804000898
399	Weston Junior High School	Public	7-8	E2511 County Road S	Cazenovia	53924	Sauk County	Weston School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 986-2151	41	4	11.2	48.8%	38 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)	$18,563			$1,845			$16,718	44.1	35.8	459	60		551647002156
400	Manawa Middle	Public	6-8	515 E 4th St	Manawa	54949	Waupaca County	Manawa School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 596-5800	112	9	12	42.9%	92 (82.1%)	1 (0.9%)	7 (6.3%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (9.8%)	$10,995			$811			$10,184	44	33.8	471	71		550855000970

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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.