Summary:
ZIP code 53211 has exactly one middle school: Shorewood Intermediate, which serves grades 7–8 with 300 students in Shorewood, Wisconsin, as part of the Shorewood School District. It is consistently a top-decile Wisconsin middle school: ranked 65 of 643 schools (90th percentile, 5 stars) in 2025–26, 67 of 628 (89th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–25, and 64 of 641 (90th percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–24. Its district is also highly ranked at 22 of 432 districts (95th percentile, 5 stars).
On the Forward Exam, Shorewood Intermediate scored above the state average in every reported subject and grade in both 2025–26 and 2024–25. In 2025–26, proficiency was 74.05% in 7th-grade English Language Arts, 74.68% in 8th-grade ELA, 69.47% in 7th-grade math, 72.08% in 8th-grade math, 87.66% in 8th-grade social studies, and 66.23% in 8th-grade science, versus state results ranging from 51.86% to 64.63%. Social studies was the strongest reported area at 87.66%, which was 23.03 points above the state and up 6.64 points year over year. Science was the relative weakest at 66.23%, but still 14.37 points above the state and up 6.52 points. Math 8 improved by 6.37 points, while ELA 7 fell 6.84 points and math 7 fell 6.33 points; those lower results remain well above state averages.
Behavioral and engagement indicators are very strong. Chronic absenteeism was 5.0%, compared with 9.7% in the district and 17.3% statewide, and the dropout rate was 0.0%, compared with 0.1% in the district and 1.1% statewide. Context metrics include 17% free/reduced lunch, $15,767 per-student spending, and a 13.1:1 student-teacher ratio. Because this ZIP code has only one middle school, parents cannot compare it with a local peer; the useful benchmarks are the district, the state, and prior years. The district’s reported middle-grade proficiency figures mirror the school’s figures exactly, suggesting the district’s middle-grade results are effectively represented by this school.
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