South Park Middle

South Park Middle is a grades 6–8 school at 1551 Delaware St. in Oshkosh, WI, serving 354 students as part of the Oshkosh Area School District. In 2025–26 it ranked 448th of 643 Wisconsin middle schools — the 30th percentile, or 2 stars — placing it slightly above its own district's average but well below the state midpoint. Its ten-year history shows a steady climb to the 50th percentile in 2023–24, its clear peak, followed by a roughly 20-point slide over the past two years.

The local comparisons are striking. South Park spends more per student ($18,168) and has smaller classes (10.9 students per teacher) than every nearby school in this comparison set — including higher performers such as Traeger Middle (93rd percentile), Winneconne Middle (96th) and Neenah Middle School (66th), all of which spend less. Its nearest demographic peer, Tipler Middle, ranks higher (49th percentile) with about $2,600 less per student. Attendance, though, is a genuine strength: chronic absenteeism of 15.4% beats both the district (16.9%) and the state (17.3%), and is far better than Vel Phillips Middle School at 30.2%.

Test scores average about six points below the district and roughly ten below the state in both ELA and math. Eighth-grade science and social studies, long the school's signature strengths, dropped sharply in 2025–26 to 40.37 and 60.19 — now below district and state. The current 7th grade is the standout, scoring above the district in both ELA and math, and English language learners rank at the 78th percentile (4 stars), well above the school overall. Students from low-income families rank at the 20th percentile, and every reported student group lost ground over the past two years.