Summary
Antigo Middle in Antigo, WI is a mid-sized public school serving 451 students in grades 5–8 in a rural part of north-central Wisconsin, where the two nearest middle schools sit roughly 19 miles away in either direction. In 2025–2026 it ranked 292nd of 643 middle schools statewide — 55th percentile, 3 stars — placing it above the state midpoint, while its district, Antigo Unified School District, ranks in the bottom quarter at 342nd of 432 districts. The upward trend is the headline: after years hovering in the low-to-mid 20s percentile, the school reached the 35th, then the 40th, and now the 55th percentile, a gain of 31 percentile points since 2022–2023.
Attendance is a clear strength. Chronic absenteeism is 15.0%, below Wisconsin's 17.3% rate and less than a quarter of Menominee Indian Middle's 67.0%, and it has run 8–11 points below the school's own district every year on record. Antigo spends $15,358 per student — far less than Menominee Indian ($26,403) or White Lake Middle ($47,293, spread across only 23 students) — yet posts higher proficiency than both in every reported subject and grade. Class sizes average 13.1 students per teacher. One caveat: those two neighbors serve very different populations and enrollments, so state averages are the more reliable benchmark.
Academically, the picture is mixed but leaning positive. Averaged across grades 5–8, ELA proficiency is about 60.8% versus the state's 54.6%, and math about 56.0% versus 53.7%. Weaker spots are eighth-grade science (43.9% vs. 51.9%) and social studies (59.2% vs. 64.6%), plus eighth-grade math (50.0% vs. 53.7%). Among student groups, Hispanic students rank at the 87th percentile and low-income students at the 69th, and girls and boys perform nearly identically at the 54th percentile each. Bottom line: a mid-sized school improving quickly, now above the state median, with attendance and ELA as strengths and eighth-grade science and social studies as the biggest opportunities.
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