Summary:
ZIP code 53581 contains exactly one middle school: Ithaca Middle, located at 24615 State Hwy 58 in Richland Center and part of the Ithaca School District. The school serves grades 6–8 with an enrollment of 69 students. Because it is the only middle school in this ZIP code, there are no other local middle schools to compare it against, so the picture below compares the school with its district, the state, and its own results from prior years.
The overall trend line is positive. Ithaca Middle ranked 353 of 643 schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 45th percentile with 2 stars. That is up from 444 of 628 (29th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–2025 and 460 of 641 (28th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024. The strongest results in the latest year are in 8th grade science, where 66.67% of students were proficient against a state rate of 51.86%, and 8th grade social studies at 72.22% versus the state's 64.63%. Sixth grade ELA also came in slightly above the state, 55.56% to 54.95%. Eighth grade math rebounded sharply, from 30.77% to 50.00%, though it remains 3.67 points below the state average.
English language arts is the clearest concern. Seventh grade ELA dropped from 57.89% to 38.89%, moving from above the state average to 16.44 points below it, while 8th grade ELA sits at 38.89%, 15.49 points below the state. Chronic absenteeism is also elevated at 26.5%, compared with 20.7% in the district and 17.3% statewide. The dropout rate is 0.0% versus the state's 1.1%. Resources look substantial: per-student spending is $17,346 with a 9.5-to-1 student-teacher ratio. The district itself ranks 323 of 432 districts, at the 25th percentile with 1 star. With only 69 students, year-to-year percentages can swing widely, so families should watch these trends across several years rather than a single one.
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