Summary:
ZIP code 53188 in Waukesha, Wisconsin has just one middle school: Butler Middle, which serves grades 6–8 to 786 students at 310 N Hine Ave and belongs to the Waukesha School District. Because it is the only middle school in this ZIP code, there are no local peers to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are the district, the state, and the school's own results from prior years.
Butler Middle earned 3 stars in 2025–2026, ranking 285 of 643 Wisconsin middle schools (56th percentile) — a broadly middle-of-the-pack position that it has held for three straight years. On the Forward Exam, Butler scored above the state average in 7 of 8 reported tests, but above its own district in only 1 of 8. Its clear strengths are 8th grade Social Studies (67.65%, above both district and state) and 8th grade Math (62.18%, 8.51 points above the state). The main concern is 8th grade Science, which fell from 54.24% to 48.32% and was the only 2025–2026 subject below both benchmarks. Results moved unevenly by grade: 6th grade improved in both ELA and Math, 7th grade declined in both, and 8th grade was mixed.
Non-test indicators look relatively favorable. The dropout rate was 0.0%, below the district's 0.7% and the state's 1.1%, and chronic absenteeism was 16.1%, better than the state's 17.3% though above the district's 14.9%. About 40.08% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending is $13,885, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.1. Overall, Butler Middle performs above the state average in most subjects while generally trailing its higher-performing district, with 8th grade Social Studies and Math as highlights and Science and recent 7th grade declines as areas to watch.
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