Adams-Friendship Middle

Adams-Friendship Middle is a public middle school serving grades 5-8 in the Adams-Friendship Area School District in Adams, Wisconsin. With 366 students and a student-teacher ratio of 9.8, the school has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of Wisconsin middle schools, earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years.

Academically, Adams-Friendship Middle underperforms the state average on the Forward Exam across all grade levels and subject areas. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 22.47% to 40.3% in math and 22.47% to 38.89% in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 52.58% to 55.53% in math and 51.26% to 53.97% in ELA. The school also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to 26.4%, and increasing dropout rates, from 0.5% in 2023-2024 to 2.4% in 2022-2023. Despite these concerns, the school spends a relatively high amount per student, ranging from $11,305 to $12,971 over the past few years.

Interestingly, the nearby middle schools, such as Olson Middle, Westfield Area Middle, and Necedah Middle, generally outperform Adams-Friendship Middle on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates and better rankings from SchoolDigger. This suggests that there may be opportunities for Adams-Friendship Middle to learn from the successful practices of these higher-performing schools in the region.