Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin for English Language Learner Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Wisconsin!

Every year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, English Language Learner students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (English Language Learner vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 178)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (English Language Learner)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (English Language Learner)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	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	99.4%	71.0%	28.42%			551083000419
2	D C Everest Junior High	Public, Alternative	8-9	1000 Machmueller St	Weston	54476	Marathon County	D C Everest Area School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 359-0511	848	55	15.4	34.0%	589 (69.5%)	14 (1.7%)	54 (6.4%)	144 (17.0%)	10 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	35 (4.1%)	$12,337			$706			$11,631	98.9%	60.7%	38.21%			551317001735
3	River View School	Public	5-8	101 Oak St	Kaukauna	54130	Outagamie County	Kaukauna Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 766-6111	1,160	78	14.9	27.2%	949 (81.8%)	21 (1.8%)	79 (6.8%)	26 (2.2%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (6.4%)	$11,861			$333			$11,528	98.3%	78.8%	19.49%			550729001700
4	Steffen Middle	Public	6-8	6633 W Steffen Dr	Mequon	53092	Ozaukee County	Mequon-Thiensville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 238-4706	418	31	13.3	14.8%	314 (75.1%)	27 (6.5%)	32 (7.7%)	18 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.5%)	$12,960			$197			$12,763	97.8%	90.4%	7.31%			550913001089
5	Walker Middle	Public	6-8	19 N 14th Ave	Sturgeon Bay	54235	Door County	Sturgeon Bay School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 746-2810	228	25	9	48.7%	168 (73.7%)	5 (2.2%)	38 (16.7%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.1%)	$14,834			$186			$14,648	97.2%	91.2%	5.95%			551461002322
6	Deer Creek Intermediate	Public	4-8	3680 S Kinnickinnic Ave	Saint Francis	53235	Milwaukee County	Saint Francis School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 482-8400	300	22	13.5	46.7%	154 (51.3%)	22 (7.3%)	90 (30.0%)	8 (2.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.0%)								96.6%	38.7%	57.93%			551326001747
7	HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4601 N 84th St	Milwaukee	53225	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 383-4944	1,974	75	26.3	89.0%	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	41 (2.1%)	1,905 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (1.3%)	$14,862			$2,577			$12,284	96.1%	52.7%	43.36%			550960002979
8	Hamilton Middle	Public	6-8	4801 Waukesha St	Madison	53705	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 204-4620	790	55	14.4	19.4%	502 (63.5%)	59 (7.5%)	71 (9.0%)	74 (9.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (9.1%)	$13,465			$404			$13,062	95.5%	94.7%	0.76%			550852000966
9	De Forest Middle	Public	7-8	404 Yorktown Rd	De Forest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 842-6000	602	48	12.4	19.8%	482 (80.1%)	14 (2.3%)	49 (8.1%)	23 (3.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.3%)	$11,673			$271			$11,403	94.9%	72.6%	22.33%			550318000356
10	Sevastopol Middle	Public	6-8	4550 Highway 57	Sturgeon Bay	54235	Door County	Sevastopol School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 743-6282	140	10	13.5	29.3%	109 (77.9%)	1 (0.7%)	25 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	$15,971			$769			$15,201	94.4%	96.7%	2.27%			551350000496

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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.