Summary
Spooner Middle is a grades 5–8 middle school in Spooner, WI, enrolling 276 students in the Spooner Area School District; it is in a rural area with no other schools within 20 miles.
Overall, the school is mid-pack statewide: its latest rank is 344 of 643 — 47th percentile, 2 stars — down from a 3-star run at the 54th–60th percentile from 2021-22 through 2024-25, and close to the district’s 46th percentile, 2 stars. Attendance is a standout strength: 8.7% chronic absenteeism in 2024-25 versus 16.0% for the district and 17.3% for the state, improved from 15.7% in 2021-22. The dropout rate is very low at 0.6%, compared with 1.4% district and 1.1% state. Context: 48.91% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024-25, per-student spending was $15,674, and the student-teacher ratio was 11.3.
Test results are mixed and grade-dependent. Grade 5 ELA is above state (57.33% vs. 53.63%), while grades 6–8 ELA are slightly to moderately below state; grade 8 ELA fell from 64.29% to 52.70%. Math is sharply split: grade 7 is 65.38% proficient, 9.71 points above state, and grade 8 is 59.46%, 5.79 points above state, but grade 5 is 44.74% (7.07 points below state) and grade 6 is 47.83% (5.77 points below). Eighth-grade science and social studies flipped from strengths to weaknesses: social studies is 56.76%, 7.87 points below state, and science is 50.00%, 1.86 points below state. For subgroups, low-SES students improved to the 57th percentile and 3 stars; special education remains at the 30th percentile and 2 stars; female-student effectiveness dropped from the 59th to the 35th percentile, while male-student effectiveness is 59th percentile and 3 stars. Because no nearby-school records were supplied, these comparisons rely on state and district benchmarks.
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