Boscobel Junior High

Boscobel Junior High is a 6th–8th grade middle school serving 158 students in Boscobel, Wisconsin, a small community in the Crawford/Grant County area, and part of the Boscobel Area School District. For 2025–26 it ranks 223rd of 643 Wisconsin middle schools — the 65th percentile and a 3-star rating, which is the school's best ranking and first 3-star rating in at least a decade of records.

Attendance is Boscobel's standout strength. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 3.2% is the lowest of any school in the area and far below Wisconsin's 17.3% state average. The school has kept absenteeism under 10% in all five years on record, and its dropout rate has been 0.0% for five consecutive years. The overall trajectory is strongly upward, climbing from the 22nd percentile in 2017–18 to the 65th percentile, including a 23-point single-year gain — the largest jump of any nearby school. The school's own performance sits 33 points above its district's overall standing, the widest such gap locally. It does this while spending $14,688 per student, below the peer average, and serving the third-highest poverty rate in its peer group (50.6% free/reduced lunch).

In 2025–26, Boscobel scored above the state in seven of eight tested areas. Sixth grade math is the flagship result at 75.68% proficient, 22 points above the state average. Eighth grade is the softer spot: those students rank mid-pack locally in ELA, math, science, and social studies, and 8th grade ELA (52.5%) is the only area below the state. Eighth grade science and social studies posted dramatic one-year gains, which may partly reflect small-cohort variation at a school of 158. Among neighbors, River Ridge Middle, Seneca Junior High, and Lancaster Middle rank higher, while Boscobel outperforms Riverdale Junior High, Wauzeka Middle, and Highland Community Middle — the latter spending $17,104 per student.