Summary:
ZIP code 53818 contains exactly one middle school: Platteville Middle, which serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 417 students as part of the Platteville School District. Because it is the only middle school in this area, families have a single public option, so the most useful comparisons are between this school, its district, and Wisconsin averages.
The school's performance is consistently strong. It has earned 4 stars in each of the last three ranking years, placing 98th of 643 Wisconsin middle schools (85th percentile) in 2025–2026, up from 119th of 628 (81st percentile) in 2024–2025 but still below its 2023–2024 peak of 68th of 641 (89th percentile). The district ranks 75th of 432 districts, at the 83rd percentile with 4 stars. Platteville Middle scored above the state average in every reported subject and grade in both 2025–2026 and 2024–2025. Its largest 2025–2026 margins were grade 8 science (73.33% proficient vs. 51.86% statewide, +21.47 points), grade 8 social studies (80.95% vs. 64.63%), grade 8 math (69.52% vs. 53.67%), and grade 6 math (69.23% vs. 53.60%).
Two items are worth watching. Chronic absenteeism is the clearest challenge: 23.8% at the school, compared with 17.5% in the district and 17.3% statewide — roughly 1 in 4 students. The dropout rate, by contrast, is low at 0.4% (district 1.7%, state 1.1%). Some grade-level results also slipped year over year while remaining above state averages, notably grade 7 English language arts (78.43% to 63.54%) and grade 5 math (78.49% to 63.64%). With 41.25% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending of $14,874, and a student-teacher ratio of 11.8, the school pairs above-average outcomes with relatively small classes.
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