Summary:
ZIP code 53185 contains one middle school: Fox River Middle in Waterford, Wisconsin, which serves grades 6–8 with 510 students and is part of the Waterford Graded J1 School District. Because it is the only middle school in this area, there is no local school-to-school comparison to make — the meaningful comparison is between this school, its district, and the state of Wisconsin.
Fox River Middle is a strong performer. It holds a 4-star rating in every reported year, and in 2025–2026 it ranked 163rd of 643 ranked Wisconsin middle schools (75th percentile). The year before, it ranked 90th of 628 (86th percentile). It beats the state in every reported Forward Exam subject and grade in both years. Math is the clearest strength: 6th grade scored 69.88%, 7th grade 68.75%, and 8th grade 66.04% — all double-digit margins above the state. Social Studies 8 posted the highest single score at 74.84%, 10.21 points above the state, while ELA in grades 6 and 7 sat near 64% against roughly 55% statewide. The narrowest advantage is 8th-grade ELA at 55.97% versus 54.38%, just 1.59 points ahead.
The trend, however, has cooled. Seven of eight reported assessments declined year over year; the only gain was 6th-grade math, up 4.04 points. 8th-grade ELA fell 13.04 points, science 8 fell 8.22 points, and social studies fell 5.86 points, pulling the school's unweighted proficiency average from 70.15% to 65.27% while the state average rose slightly. Even so, engagement indicators are excellent: chronic absenteeism is 8.5% — about half the state's 17.3% — and the dropout rate is 0.0% versus 1.1% statewide. Free/reduced lunch is 18.43%, per-student spending is $13,735, and the student-teacher ratio is 16:1. Note that district and school test scores are identical throughout the data, so district figures simply mirror this school's results.
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