Summary
De Pere Middle is a grades 7–8 school at 700 Swan Rd in De Pere, Wisconsin, serving 690 students as the only middle-level school in the De Pere School District. It ranks 19th of 643 Wisconsin middle schools in 2025–2026 — the 97th percentile with 5 stars, its highest placement on record — and has climbed steadily from the low-90s percentile band over the past decade.
Academically, the school performs well above the state in every subject tested: 8th grade math proficiency is 87.65% against Wisconsin's 53.67% (a 34-point gap), 8th grade ELA 83.24% vs 54.38%, and 8th grade science 76.18% vs 51.86%. Math is the standout, and no subject is merely average. Chronic absenteeism is 5.4%, less than a third of the state's 17.3% and down from 7.8% in 2022–2023, while the dropout rate is 0.2%. These results are not bought with unusually high spending: at $13,773 per student, De Pere Middle spends less than nearby Bay View Middle ($14,707), West De Pere Middle ($14,073), and most Green Bay Area Public School District schools, including Franklin Middle at $18,193, where 8th grade math proficiency is 11.9%.
The most striking local comparison is the 2.7 miles to West De Pere Middle: similar poverty rates, spending and class sizes, yet 19th vs 225th statewide and roughly 20 points lower average proficiency. Bay View Middle, the closest demographic match in the comparison set, trails by 7–25 points in every subject and has 13.0% chronic absenteeism. The strong feeder school, Foxview Intermediate, suggests De Pere Middle builds on an already-solid K–6 pipeline. One trend worth monitoring: English language learner results slipped from the 97th percentile (2023–2024) to 93rd to 59th in 2025–2026, though small groups fluctuate year to year. Low-income students, by contrast, reached the 97th percentile.
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