Summary:
ZIP code 53803 has exactly one middle school: Benton Middle, located in Benton, Wisconsin, serving grades 7–8 with 31 students as part of Benton School District. Because it is the only local option, families should compare it against the state and its own prior-year results rather than against other nearby schools.
Eighth grade is the clear academic strength. In 2025–2026, 83.33% of 8th graders were proficient in both Social Studies and Science — 18.70 and 31.47 percentage points above state averages — while 8th grade Math reached 72.22%, 18.55 points above state, and 8th grade ELA hit 61.11%, 6.73 points above state. Seventh grade is far more uneven: ELA and Math both sat at 31.58%, roughly 24 points below state. Tracking the 2024–2025 7th graders into 2025–2026 8th grade shows Math rising from 47.37% to 72.22% while ELA slipped from 68.42% to 61.11%. The school earned 4 stars in 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 (70th–73rd percentile) but slipped to 3 stars and the 59th percentile in 2025–2026 — still above the state median, and matching the district's 59th percentile.
Attendance and stability are strengths: chronic absenteeism was 9.7% in 2024–2025 versus 17.3% statewide, and the dropout rate was 0.0% versus 1.1% statewide. Per-student spending was $35,964 with a student-teacher ratio of 11.8, and 51.61% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch. One caution: with only 31 students, a single student can shift proficiency by roughly 5 to 9 percentage points, so year-to-year swings should be read carefully.
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