Summary:
ZIP code 53551 has exactly one middle school, Lake Mills Middle, which serves grades 5–8, enrolls 413 students at 318 College St in Lake Mills, and belongs to the Lake Mills Area School District.
On climate and operations, the school reports 6.5% chronic absenteeism, well below the district’s 7.3% and the state’s 17.3%, and a 0.0% dropout rate versus 1.1% statewide. It has a 26.88% free/reduced-price lunch rate, $14,660 per-student spending, and a 12.2 student-teacher ratio. The district is highly ranked—110 of 432 districts, 75th percentile, 4 stars—but the school’s latest rank slipped: 274 of 643 schools (57th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, down from 173 of 628 (72nd percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025 and 204 of 641 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024.
Academically, 2025–2026 results are mixed: 5 of 10 reported test rows were above state. Strong spots include 6th-grade ELA (69.83% vs 54.95%), 7th-grade ELA (75.58% vs 55.33%), 7th-grade math (67.44% vs 55.67%), 5th-grade math (56.19% vs 51.81%), and 8th-grade science (53.85% vs 51.86%). 8th grade is the main weak spot: ELA 46.15% vs 54.38%, math 47.12% vs 53.67%, and social studies 58.65% vs 64.63%. In 2024–2025, 8 of 10 rows were above state and the school’s average advantage was +9.9 points; in 2025–2026 it narrowed to +3.2 points. Large year-over-year grade-level drops occurred in 6th-grade math (76.83% to 53.45%), 8th-grade math (69.23% to 47.12%), and 8th-grade ELA (60.26% to 46.15%), while 7th-grade ELA and math improved. These are different cohorts, so mobility and cohort effects may influence comparisons. Social studies was below state both years, while science was above state both years.
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