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 Tuesday, October 10, 2023.

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NOTE: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 Rankings for Wisconsin schools were revised on November 7^th after we discovered an issue with test score data.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 640)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
551119003364	1	Accelerated Advanced Learning Program	Public, Charter	4-8	325 S Eagle St	Oshkosh	54902	Winnebago County	Oshkosh Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 424-0320	64	5	13.9	4.7%	60 (93.8%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,303			$494			$11,809	99.6	99.5	2	1
550039002277	2	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	189	10	19.1	10.6%	158 (83.6%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.2%)	16 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.2%)	$10,317			$911			$9,406	99.5	99.5	3	1
550582002955	3	Leonardo da Vinci School for Gifted Learners	Public	K-8	139 S Monroe Ave	Green Bay	54301	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 448-2135	367	20	18.6	8.7%	236 (64.3%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (4.1%)	84 (22.9%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	26 (7.1%)	$10,312			$550			$9,762	99.3	99.6	1	2
550375000394	4	Kansasville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	4101 S Beaumont Ave	Kansasville	53139	Racine County	Dover #1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 878-3773	97	8	12.4	36.1%	78 (80.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.3%)	$12,840			$675			$12,165	97.6	94.8	14	10
550614001282	5	North Shore Middle	Public	6-8	800 E North Shore Dr	Hartland	53029	Waukesha County	Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 369-6767	340	26	12.8	20.0%	289 (85.0%)	2 (0.6%)	26 (7.6%)	9 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.1%)	$13,235			$474			$12,760	96.5	96.7	9	4
550930002268	6	North Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	N75W31283 Highway VV	North Lake	53064	Waukesha County	North Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 966-2033	329	24	13.7	0.9%	289 (87.8%)	3 (0.9%)	13 (4.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.4%)	$13,422			$445			$12,977	96.5	96.8	8	2
550936002269	7	Merton Intermediate	Public	5-8	N68W28320 Sussex Rd	Merton	53056	Waukesha County	Merton Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 538-1130	361	22	16.5	5.8%	337 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	$10,723			$281			$10,442	96.2	97.1	6	1
550246000273	8	Webster Middle	Public	6-8	W75N624 Wauwatosa Rd	Cedarburg	53012	Ozaukee County	Cedarburg School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 376-6500	644	44	14.5	10.9%	581 (90.2%)	13 (2.0%)	23 (3.6%)	12 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.2%)	$10,989			$485			$10,504	96	92.2	25	17
550001300578	9	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	488	36	13.4	9.8%	417 (85.5%)	4 (0.8%)	21 (4.3%)	14 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.6%)	$13,709			$559			$13,150	95.9	97.5	5	4
550480000517	10	Bayside Middle	Public	5-8	601 E Ellsworth Ln	Milwaukee	53217	Milwaukee County	Fox Point J2 School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 247-4201	363	30	12	12.9%	252 (69.4%)	40 (11.0%)	20 (5.5%)	23 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.7%)	$17,219			$514			$16,705	95.8	95.8	10

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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 October 10, 2023, 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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.