Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 53024

ZIP code 53024 is served by one middle school, John Long Middle, which educates grades 5–8 in Grafton, Wisconsin. With only one middle school in the ZIP, there is no local school-to-school comparison; families should compare it with its district, the state, and its own past performance. Grafton School District is highly ranked, at 18th of 432 districts in Wisconsin, the 96th percentile, with 5 stars. The school itself ranked 44th of 643 middle schools statewide in 2025–2026 and 43rd of 628 in 2024–2025, both the 93rd percentile and 5 stars. In 2023–2024 it ranked 70th of 641, the 89th percentile, with 4 stars, placing it in roughly the top 7% of Wisconsin middle schools in the two most recent years.

Academically, John Long Middle scored above the Wisconsin state average in every listed Forward Exam subject and grade. Mathematics is especially strong. In 2025–2026, 6th grade math proficiency was 79.05% versus 53.60% statewide; 7th grade was 76.69% versus 55.67%; and 8th grade was 77.78% versus 53.67%. In 2024–2025, 7th grade math reached 85.62% versus 55.53% statewide, and 8th grade math reached 82.47% versus 53.06%. Across the 10 listed 2025–2026 tests, the school’s average proficiency was about 74.77%, compared with about 54.95% statewide. Across the 8 listed 2024–2025 tests, the average was about 76.57%, compared with about 54.42% statewide. In every listed row, the school value equals the district value, suggesting it is the district’s main or only school serving those grades.

Other metrics are favorable. Chronic absenteeism was 3.1% in 2024–2025, much lower than the district’s 4.7% and the state’s 17.3%. The dropout rate was 0.0% for the school and district, versus 1.1% statewide. Enrollment is 452, free/reduced lunch is 14.38%, per-student spending is $13,578, and the student-teacher ratio is 15.1. Year-over-year test changes vary by grade and subject and reflect different student cohorts, so they should not be read as clear improvement or decline; the school remained well above state averages throughout. The main limitation is that ZIP 53024 has only this one listed middle school.