Summary:
ZIP code 53946 has just one public middle school: Markesan Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 161 students as part of the Markesan School District in Markesan, Wisconsin. Because this is a single-school area, there is no cross-school comparison to make; the meaningful benchmarks are the district and the state. The school has a student-teacher ratio of 10.9, per-student spending of $16,686, and 37.89% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Academically, 2025–2026 was a strong year. Averaging the eight reported Forward Exam results, Markesan Middle scored about 59.69% proficient against roughly 55.51% statewide. All three ELA grades beat the state, with 7th grade at 66.67% (+11.34 points). The biggest bright spot is 8th grade social studies at 76.92%, versus 64.63% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is exceptionally low at 6.2%, compared with 9.3% in the Markesan School District and 17.3% statewide. The school's state rank also jumped from 322 of 628 (49th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025 to 235 of 643 (63rd percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026.
The main concern is 8th grade math, where proficiency was 44.23% — 9.44 points below the state's 53.67% and down 7.38 points from 51.61% the prior year. Notably, 6th and 7th grade math were both above state, and 8th grade ELA, social studies, and science were at or above state, suggesting the weakness is subject-specific rather than a broad grade-level issue. The reported dropout rate is 1.6%, slightly above the 1.1% district and state figures, though small in absolute terms. Finally, with only about 50–55 students per grade, percentages can swing noticeably year to year, so single-year changes should be read with that caveat in mind.
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