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Toki Middle

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Toki Middle ranks 327 th of 643 Wisconsin middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

327^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 643 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Better than 49% of Wisconsin middle schools

Summary

Toki Middle is a 6–8 middle school at 5606 Russett Rd on Madison's southwest side, serving 487 students as part of the Madison Metropolitan School District.

Toki Middle ranks 327th of 643 Wisconsin middle schools (49th percentile, 2 stars), which puts it just below the state median but well above its own district's standing — the Madison Metropolitan School District ranks 321st of 432 districts statewide. Toki beats the district average in all eight subject-and-grade comparisons on the state Forward Exam, and in 8th-grade math (56.2% proficient) and science (53.1%) it edges past the state average; in all three ELA grades it lands within about a point of the state. Its largest shortfall is 6th-grade math, 4.3 points below the state. The most striking comparison is with Cherokee Heights Middle, only 1.43 miles away and serving a nearly identical student population, which ranks 25 percentile points lower; Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School, also demographically similar, sits 23 points lower.

The trend line matters as much as the snapshot: 8th-grade math proficiency has climbed from 26.1% in 2022–23 to 56.2% in 2025–26, and this is the school's best ranking in ten years. Chronic absenteeism has fallen from a 2021–22 peak of 36.7% to 26.7% — now below the district's 29.6% but still about nine points above the state's 17.3%. Spending has risen to $24,163 per student with a student-teacher ratio of 9.8, giving Toki smaller classes than most peers, though nearby Hamilton Middle earns higher ratings on far less spending. Results also vary widely by student group: English learners rank in the 82nd percentile, while low-income students have remained near the bottom for three straight years.

487

Students ?

9.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,163

Per pupil spending ?

46%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5606 Russett Rd
Madison, WI 53711-3568

(608) 204-4740

District: Madison Metropolitan School District

Students who attend Toki Middle usually attend:

High:

Vel Phillips Memorial High School

Feeder schools for Toki Middle:

Elementary:	Cesar Chavez Elementary
	Huegel Elementary
	Olson Elementary
	Orchard Ridge Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

43.1%

African American:

18.5%

Hispanic:

18.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 26th percentile in 2016 → 49th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 23 percentile points since 2016

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!High chronic absenteeism (27% vs 17% Wisconsin)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school54%

District avg50%

Wisconsin avg56%

327^th of 643

Wisconsin public middle schools ?

Bottom 49%▲ up 23 pts since 2016

From bottom 26% (2016) to bottom 49% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 12Middle Schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District

321^st of 432Madison Metropolitan School District among Wisconsin districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	53.1	327 of 643	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	52.2	332 of 628	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.3	394 of 641	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.2	358 of 640	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.7	401 of 617	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.3	388 of 613	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.9	433 of 594	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	49.5	313 of 579	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	38.6	410 of 612	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2016	33.2	452 of 609	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	30.7	484 of 612	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	47.2	369 of 585	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	43.4	394 of 569	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2012	36.0	463 of 559	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	28.5	471 of 549	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	23.0	472 of 539	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	27.1	447 of 521	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	29.6	444 of 519	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	34.2	292 of 366	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	44.1	288 of 382	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	31.7	278 of 332	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	36.3	262 of 324	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	53.7	47 of 125	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	25.0	98 of 117	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.0	72 of 118	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.6	93 of 130	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.7	88 of 125	29.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.0	107 of 134	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.0	104 of 127	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.8	89 of 123	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	76.3	28 of 97	71.1%	★★★★☆
2025	69.8	28 of 88	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.2	28 of 87	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.4	42 of 90	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.2	45 of 95	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	31.7	58 of 90	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.5	47 of 91	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.3	35 of 90	61.1%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	61.2	31 of 169	81.7%	★★★★☆
2025	56.4	61 of 178	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.0	62 of 173	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.1	74 of 170	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.1	47 of 158	70.3%	★★★★☆
2019	41.5	87 of 153	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.5	53 of 140	62.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	55.2	280 of 572	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	48.7	331 of 573	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.0	352 of 580	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.2	373 of 576	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	41.5	377 of 574	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.4	401 of 557	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	52.6	280 of 551	49.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	19.7	210 of 236	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	34.2	170 of 237	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.0	193 of 239	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.6	199 of 229	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.2	178 of 221	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.7	173 of 225	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	164 of 209	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.4	168 of 204	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	18.7	456 of 513	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.3	440 of 509	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	470 of 520	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	457 of 525	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.2	485 of 522	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.1	463 of 499	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.8	468 of 487	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.5	453 of 489	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	50.4	304 of 575	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	51.6	312 of 577	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.7	345 of 585	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.9	372 of 591	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.3	346 of 577	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.2	327 of 572	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.5	411 of 557	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	46.8	319 of 551	42.1%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	50.4	65 of 135	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	71.3	31 of 126	75.4%	★★★★☆
2024	59.1	48 of 131	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.0	65 of 132	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	36.9	86 of 126	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	68.6	27 of 129	79.1%	★★★★☆
2019	41.5	62 of 101	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	65.2	28 of 96	70.8%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	41.0	251 of 439	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	63.5	116 of 414	72.0%	★★★★☆
2024	57.5	143 of 425	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	36.4	293 of 439	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.2	211 of 421	49.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	44.7	227 of 437	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.5	313 of 414	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.5	276 of 417	33.8%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	81.9	48 of 391	87.7%	★★★★☆
2025	75.0	73 of 399	81.7%	★★★★☆
2024	73.2	79 of 407	80.6%	★★★★☆
2023	68.5	105 of 412	74.5%	★★★★☆
2022	66.1	103 of 397	74.1%	★★★★☆
2021	64.6	115 of 393	70.7%	★★★★☆
2019	58.6	143 of 382	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	71.4	80 of 375	78.7%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2026)88th percentile+39 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)82nd percentile+33 vs school

Asian (2026)71st percentile+22 vs school

African American (2026)62nd percentile+13 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)52nd percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)51st percentile~ school

Male (2026)47th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)43rd percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)11th percentile-38 vs school

Hispanic (2026)11th percentile-38 vs school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies62%-3 vs state

English Language Arts54%~ state avg

Science53%~ state avg

Mathematics53%~ state avg

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by a student
Thursday, May 16, 2013

This school frightened me greatly growing up. When I went here I was assualted on school grounds and was not helped by any faculty. My sister was also threatened to have her eyes stabbed out. A teacher was notified and and she told us she could do nothing about it. This school has many problems and they aren't doing anything to fix them. We moved away from this school due to this reason. We moved to middleton adn are thoroughly enjoying its schools. Not only do Middleton area schools have better test scores, but when I go to class I don't have to wait and have the teacher spend the first 20 minutes of class kicking out disruptive students. At middleton every student is eager and ready to learn. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2026)				Forward Exam Mathematics (2026)				Forward Exam Social Studies (2026)	Forward Exam Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Toki Middle	Public	6-8	5606 Russett Rd	Madison	53711	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-4740	487	49	9.8	46.0%	210 (43.1%)	90 (18.5%)	90 (18.5%)	51 (10.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.8%)	53.1	327^th of 643 public middle schools	49.1%		52.2	332^nd of 628 public middle schools	47.1%	5		53.6	55.1	54.1		49.3	52.7	56.2	61.6	53.1	$24,163	$513	$23,651
Cherokee Heights Middle	Public	6-8	4301 Cherokee Dr	Madison	53711	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-1240	526	47	11.2	48.3%	194 (36.9%)	57 (10.8%)	213 (40.5%)	22 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.0%)	32.1	486^th of 643 public middle schools	24.4%		33.4	462^nd of 628 public middle schools	26.4%	24		41.7	58.1	36.8		42.0	50.0	29.7	48.9	36.0	$20,806	$771	$20,035
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%)	90.5	21^st of 643 public middle schools	96.7%		89.1	33^rd of 628 public middle schools	94.7%	12		79.2	79.1	80.4		78.0	78.3	76.9	89.5	83.2	$16,988	$654	$16,333
Savanna Oaks Middle	Public	6-8	5890 Lacy Rd	Fitchburg	53711	Dane County	Verona Area School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 845-4010	360	35	10.2	26.7%	219 (60.8%)	25 (6.9%)	68 (18.9%)	18 (5.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.8%)	81.2	88^th of 643 public middle schools	86.3%		74.4	126^th of 628 public middle schools	79.9%	38		74.4	69.2	71.7		70.7	67.3	74.2	77.5	67.5	$22,700	$575	$22,125
Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School	Public	6-8	101 S Gammon Rd	Madison	53717	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 663-6403	462	41	11.4	53.2%	131 (28.4%)	78 (16.9%)	173 (37.4%)	34 (7.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (8.2%)	34.3	473^rd of 643 public middle schools	26.4%		31.6	469^th of 628 public middle schools	25.3%	4		44.6	46.6	48.6		40.3	40.7	42.4	54.2	36.1	$20,024	$1,049	$18,974
Spring Harbor Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1110 Spring Harbor Dr	Madison	53705	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	Yes	No	No	(608) 204-1100	269	22	12.1	27.5%	156 (58.0%)	15 (5.6%)	32 (11.9%)	30 (11.2%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.8%)	83.1	71^st of 643 public middle schools	89.0%		81.6	77^th of 628 public middle schools	87.7%	6		68.6	70.6	80.5		68.6	68.2	65.5	87.4	79.3	$19,064	$653	$18,411
James Wright Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1717 Fish Hatchery Rd	Madison	53713	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(608) 204-1340	245	25	9.6	68.2%	29 (11.8%)	71 (29.0%)	121 (49.4%)	11 (4.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.9%)	24.5	522^nd of 643 public middle schools	18.8%		21.4	517^th of 628 public middle schools	17.7%	5		39.0	34.1	50.0		30.5	30.6	31.9	51.4	36.1	$22,591	$1,888	$20,702
Badger Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	300 Richard Street	Verona	53593	Dane County	Verona Area School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 845-4400	776	61	12.6	26.0%	462 (59.5%)	34 (4.4%)	202 (26.0%)	27 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.1%)	66.8	201^st of 643 public middle schools	68.7%		60.7	259^th of 628 public middle schools	58.8%	58		53.6	62.3	65.3		56.9	64.8	60.9	72.6	59.5	$16,905	$411	$16,494
Badger Rock Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	509 E Badger Rd	Madison	53703	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(608) 442-1335	92	10	9.4	54.3%	26 (28.3%)	20 (21.7%)	33 (35.9%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.7%)	26	510^th of 643 public middle schools	20.7%		26.3	489^th of 628 public middle schools	22.1%	21		36.0	41.7	44.1		25.0	20.8	29.4	55.9	44.1	$25,574	$966	$24,608
Kromrey Middle	Public	5-8	7009 Donna Dr	Middleton	53562	Dane County	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 829-9595	1,230	100	12.3	20.7%	725 (58.9%)	67 (5.4%)	173 (14.1%)	173 (14.1%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (6.8%)	84.3	63^rd of 643 public middle schools	90.2%		83.4	63^rd of 628 public middle schools	90.0%		72.8	72.4	70.0	71.3	67.9	73.5	76.9	74.0	80.0	76.5	$15,950	$435	$15,515

Frequently Asked Questions about Toki Middle

What high school do graduates of Toki Middle attend?

Students who attend Toki Middle usually go on to attend Vel Phillips Memorial High School

What district is Toki Middle in?

Madison Metropolitan School District

How many students attend Toki Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 487 students attended Toki Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Toki Middle?

Students at Toki Middle are 43% White, 18% African American, 18% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more races.

Is Toki Middle a good school?

Toki Middle ranks 327^th of 643 Wisconsin middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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