Summary:
ZIP code 53534 contains just one middle school — Edgerton Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 413 students in Edgerton, Wisconsin, as part of the Edgerton School District. Because it is the only middle school in the area, families here have a single option, and it happens to be a strong one.
On the 2025–2026 Forward Exam, Edgerton Middle outperformed Wisconsin state averages in seven of eight tested subject and grade combinations. The standout results were 7th grade ELA at 79.2% proficient (state: 55.33%), 8th grade social studies at 80.74% (state: 64.63%), 8th grade math at 74.07% (state: 53.67%), and 7th grade math at 67.2% (state: 55.67%). The single exception was 6th grade math, where the school's 53.57% was essentially tied with the state's 53.60%. Averaged across all eight tests, roughly 68.8% of students were proficient compared with about 55.5% statewide. Looking at year-over-year movement, 8th grade math jumped +14.39 points and 7th grade ELA gained +8.49 points, while 6th grade ELA declined -5.76 points and 6th grade math declined -5.02 points.
Beyond test scores, the school records exceptionally low chronic absenteeism of 2.4%, compared with 5.2% in the district and 17.3% statewide, along with a 0.0% dropout rate versus 0.1% in the district and 1.1% statewide. Edgerton Middle earned a 4-star rating in each of the three most recent years, ranking 122 of 643 schools (81st percentile) in 2025–2026, up from 178 of 641 (72nd percentile) two years earlier. About 31.96% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,848, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.1. The clearest area to watch is 6th grade math and ELA, where proficiency slipped in 2025–2026.
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