Summary:
ZIP code 53074 — Port Washington, Wisconsin — is home to one middle school, Thomas Jefferson Middle, which serves grades 5–8 with 677 students as part of the Port Washington-Saukville School District. Because it is the only middle school in the area, it is the standout by default, and its results are strong: the school ranks 141st of 643 middle schools statewide for 2025–2026 (78th percentile) with 4 stars, while the district ranks 51st of 432 (88th percentile), also with 4 stars. The school has earned 4 stars in all three reported years, moving from the 85th percentile in 2023–2024 to 73rd in 2024–2025 and back up to 78th in 2025–2026.
Academically, Thomas Jefferson Middle is above the Wisconsin average in every reported subject and grade for 2025–2026. Its strongest result is 8th Grade Social Studies at 83.13%, which is 18.50 percentage points above the state and up 12.24 points from the prior year. Fifth grade math posted the biggest jump, rising from 50.61% (slightly below state) to 68.99%, a gain of 18.38 points. ELA averages for grades 5–8 stand at 67.46% versus the state's 54.57%, and math averages at 64.21% versus 53.69%. The relative soft spot is 6th grade, where ELA fell 12.68 points and math fell 6.08 points year over year — but both still exceed state averages, by 3.18 and 3.28 points respectively.
School climate and engagement measures are equally encouraging. Chronic absenteeism is 7.0%, well below the district's 9.6% and less than half the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate is 0.2% versus 0.4% districtwide and 1.1% statewide. The school reports 27.47% free/reduced lunch participation, per-student spending of $14,592, and a 12.2:1 student-teacher ratio. Overall, families in 53074 have access to a consistently high-performing, 4-star middle school with strong test scores, low absenteeism, and very low dropout rates.
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