Summary:
ZIP code 53213 is home to just one middle school — Longfellow Middle, part of the Wauwatosa School District — which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 782 students, so this is a profile of a single school rather than a comparison among several local options.
Longfellow is a strong performer by state standards. It ranked 68th of 643 Wisconsin middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 89th percentile with 4 stars, after reaching 45th of 628 (93rd percentile, 5 stars) in 2024–2025 and 72nd of 641 (89th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024. In 2025–2026 it exceeded both its district and the state in every reported subject and grade. English Language Arts is a particular strength and improved in all three grades, with 7th-grade ELA rising 6.16 points to 79.07% — about 24 points above the state. Math and science slipped: 8th-grade Math fell 9.59 points to 64.34% and 8th-grade Science fell 7.28 points to 68.60%, though both remained above district and state averages. These declines likely explain the move from 5 stars to 4 stars.
School climate indicators are also encouraging. Longfellow reported a 0.0% dropout rate and 8.7% chronic absenteeism, compared with 12.6% and 17.3% for the district and state respectively — roughly half the state rate. About 18.29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school spends $12,600 per student with a 15.7:1 student-teacher ratio. For parents, the takeaway is a consistently high-ranking, above-district, above-state school where ELA is thriving and math and science are the areas to watch.
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