Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2021 vs 2019)
ID	Rank (of 601)	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 (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Rank (2019)	Rank Change from 2019	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)
550039002277	1	Odyssey-Magellan	Public, Magnet	2-8	2037 N Elinor St	Appleton	54914	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	No	Yes	No	No	(920) 832-6250	166	9	18.7	14.5%	144 (86.7%)	1 (0.6%)	5 (3.0%)	12 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	$10,317			$911			$9,406	99.2			(n/a)	R5
550930002268	2	North Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	N75W31283 Highway VV	North Lake	53064	Waukesha County	North Lake School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 966-2033	308	25	12.5		266 (86.4%)	3 (1.0%)	13 (4.2%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.1%)	$13,422			$445			$12,977	98.5	95.9	7	5	R5
550960002302	3	Lincoln Middle	Public	6-8	820 E Knapp St	Milwaukee	53202	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 212-3300	517	34	15.3	98.6%	11 (2.1%)	355 (68.7%)	123 (23.8%)	8 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.1%)	$16,292			$2,819			$13,473	98.3	2.3	590	587	R5
550960001265	4	Vieau Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	823 S 4th St	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-6100	708	41	17.3	90.4%	11 (1.6%)	13 (1.8%)	672 (94.9%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	$13,968			$2,380			$11,588	98.1	16.2	528	524	R5
550001300578	5	Lake Country School	Public	PK, KG-8	1800 Vettelson Rd	Hartland	53029	Waukesha County	Lake Country School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 367-3606	505	39	12.9	9.1%	430 (85.1%)	5 (1.0%)	24 (4.8%)	18 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.5%)	$13,709			$559			$13,150	97.4	94.7	11	6	R5
550960001255	6	Thoreau Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	7878 N 60th St	Milwaukee	53223	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 236-1800	415	26	15.7	94.9%	4 (1.0%)	353 (85.1%)	31 (7.5%)	9 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	$15,499			$2,922			$12,577	97	2.5	586	580	R5
551119003364	7	Accelerated Advanced Learning Program	Public, Charter	4-8	325 S Eagle St	Oshkosh	54902	Winnebago County	Oshkosh Area School District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 424-0320	59	4	13.4	5.1%	56 (94.9%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	$12,303			$494			$11,809	96.4	98.3	3	4	R5
550960001139	8	Cass Street Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1647 N Cass St	Milwaukee	53202	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 212-2700	316	25	12.6	95.3%	10 (3.2%)	268 (84.8%)	20 (6.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.1%)	$16,838			$2,733			$14,105	96	5.6	568	560	R5
550960001169	9	Gaenslen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1250 E Burleigh St	Milwaukee	53212	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 267-5700	710	58	12.3	96.3%	38 (5.4%)	577 (81.3%)	58 (8.2%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.9%)	$19,592			$2,455			$17,137	95.6	2	598	589	R5
550960001143	10	Congress Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	5225 W Lincoln Creek Dr	Milwaukee	53218	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 616-5300	708	41	17.2	92.5%	4 (0.6%)	669 (94.5%)	15 (2.1%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.6%)	$14,545			$3,195			$11,350	95.6	3.4	577	567	R5

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