Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 53051

ZIP code 53051 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin is served by a single public middle school, North Middle, which enrolls 804 students in grades 6–8 as part of the Menomonee Falls School District. The district itself is highly rated, ranking 69th out of 432 Wisconsin districts — the 84th percentile — with 4 stars. Because North Middle is the only middle school in the ZIP code, district middle-level results mirror the school's results exactly in the Forward Exam data.

North Middle is a strong performer. It ranked 142nd out of 643 Wisconsin middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 78th percentile with 4 stars, after moving up from 3 stars and the 69th percentile in 2023–2024. Its dropout rate is 0.2%, well below the state's 1.1%, and chronic absenteeism is 10.3%, nearly identical to the district's 10.2% and far below the state's 17.3%. The school reports an 18.91% free/reduced lunch rate, $14,235 in spending per student, and a 13.9:1 student-teacher ratio, which works out to roughly 58 teachers. In every tested subject and grade in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, North Middle scored above the Wisconsin state proficiency rate. Its overall average in 2025–2026 was 67.18% versus the state's 55.51%, a +11.67 point advantage. Math is the strongest area (68.19% average, versus 62.06% in English language arts), and 8th-grade social studies posted the highest single result at 80.74%, which is 16.11 points above the state. Sixth-grade math (72.65%, +19.05 over state) and 8th-grade math (63.11%, +9.44 over state) also stand out, and 8th-grade science held steady at 66.12% to 65.98%.

Two things are worth watching. Eighth-grade results are lower than 6th and 7th grade in 2025–2026, with ELA falling from 68.44% in 6th grade to 62.41% in 7th and 55.33% in 8th, and math from 72.65% to 68.80% to 63.11%. Some of this reflects different student cohorts rather than a school-wide decline. Eighth-grade math had the largest year-over-year drop, down 9.95 points, and ELA 8 had the narrowest margin over the state at +0.95 points. On the positive side, 6th-grade math rose 11.68 points and 6th-grade ELA rose 7.70 points. Overall, this is an above-state, 4-star school with particular strengths in math and social studies and low absenteeism.