Summary:
ZIP code 53538 is served by a single middle school: Fort Atkinson Middle, a grades 6–8 campus at 310 S 4th St E with 467 students, part of the Fort Atkinson School District. Because it is the only middle-level school in the area, there are no local peers to compare it against — but measured against Wisconsin as a whole it ranks 150th of 643 middle schools (77th percentile) and holds 4 stars, up from 165th and then 180th in the two prior years. Roughly speaking, that means about 156 students per grade.
Academically, the school beats the state on all 16 reported Forward Exam results across 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, averaging about 11 points above the state proficiency rate in both years. Grade 7 is the standout: 79.45% proficient in English language arts and 77.55% in math, gaps of roughly 24 and 22 points over the state. Grade 8 social studies is quietly strong and stable (69.41% to 70.42%). Math generally edges out ELA. The thinnest margin is 8th-grade science, at 52.82% and 51.76% — only about 1 to 2 points above the state and the lowest scores in the record.
Beyond test scores, engagement is a real strength: chronic absenteeism is just 4.3% (district 5.3%, state 17.3%) and the dropout rate is 0.0%. Per-student spending is $19,162 with a low student-teacher ratio of 10.7, implying roughly 44 teacher-equivalents. Two things worth watching: 8th-grade science, which barely exceeds the state, and the incoming 6th-grade class, whose 62.28% ELA and 64.07% math are the lowest entering baseline in this record — a cohort that will remain at the school for three years.
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