Summary:
ZIP code 53508 has just one public middle school: Belleville Middle, a grades 7–8 school with 111 students in Belleville, Wisconsin, part of the Belleville School District. Since there is only one middle school in this area, there is no cross-town comparison to make; the most useful yardsticks for parents are the school's own year-over-year trend, its district, and the state as a whole.
Belleville Middle is a top-decile school. It ranked 43rd of 643 Wisconsin middle schools in 2025–2026, placing in the 93rd percentile with 5 stars, up from 82nd percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 and 90th percentile and 4 stars in 2024–2025. Its Belleville School District is also highly rated, at 34 of 432 districts, 92nd percentile, 5 stars. In 2025–2026 the school scored above the state in every reported Forward Exam subject and grade: 8th-grade math and social studies both at 86.0%, 7th-grade math at 81.36%, 8th-grade ELA at 80.0%, 8th-grade science at 70.0%, and 7th-grade ELA at 66.1%. The smallest margin over state was +10.77 points (7th-grade ELA); the largest was +32.33 points (8th-grade math).
Non-test indicators reinforce the picture: chronic absenteeism was 9.0%, well below the district's 9.7% and the state's 17.3%, and the reported dropout rate was 0.0%, versus 0.2% district and 1.1% state. Enrollment is small at 111, with a student-teacher ratio of 8.6 and per-student spending of $16,369. Two areas to watch: science slipped from 75.0% to 70.0% and 7th-grade math dipped from 85.42% to 81.36%, though both remain far above state averages. Meanwhile 8th-grade ELA posted the biggest gain, rising from 61.67% to 80.0%. Averaged across the six reported tests, the school moved from 75.00% to 78.24% while the state went from 54.78% to 55.92%, widening an already large advantage.
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