Summary:
ZIP code 53913 covers Baraboo, Wisconsin, and it contains exactly one public middle school: Jack Young Middle, which serves grades 6–8 with 548 students as part of the Baraboo School District — so families here have a single middle-school option and no in-ZIP comparison is possible.
Academically, the school is improving but still trails Wisconsin overall. Across the eight Forward Exam subjects reported for 2025–26, Jack Young Middle averaged 50.70% proficient versus the state's 55.51%, narrowing last year's gap from -6.21 points to -4.81 points. Eighth grade is the standout: ELA scored 54.71% against the state's 54.38% and math 54.12% against 53.67%, with social studies (63.53%) and science (50.59%) also close to state averages. The clearest concerns are 7th grade ELA, which fell from 46.82% to 41.76% — a gap of -13.57 points to the state — and 6th grade math at 44.24%, which is -9.36 points behind and slightly down year over year.
On other measures, the school's state rank is 386 of 643 (40th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–26, up from 411 of 628 the prior year but below its 2023–24 mark of 47th percentile; the district sits at 282 of 432 (35th percentile, 2 stars). Chronic absenteeism is 19.1%, better than the district's 19.5% but above Wisconsin's 17.3%, while the dropout rate of 0.2% beats both the district (0.8%) and state (1.1%). Per-student spending is $14,326 with an 11:1 student-teacher ratio, and free/reduced lunch percentages are not reported in the data, so they cannot be evaluated. The biggest opportunities appear to be 7th grade ELA, 6th grade math, and attendance.
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