Summary:
ZIP code 53954 contains one middle school, Pardeeville Middle, serving grades 5–8 with 248 students in the Pardeeville Area School District. It has improved quickly: it moved from 338 of 641 schools (47th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 275 of 628 (56th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 and then 133 of 643 (79th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026. The district is ranked 200 of 432 (54th percentile, 3 stars), so the middle school ranks higher on a percentile basis.
In 2025–2026, Pardeeville Middle was above the state average in 8 of 10 reported Forward Exam tests, up from 5 of 10 the year before. Top results included 8th grade Social Studies at 83.67% proficient (+19.04 percentage points vs. state), 6th grade ELA at 73.33% (+18.38 pp), 8th grade Science at 69.39% (+17.53 pp), and 8th grade Math at 69.39% (+15.72 pp). The main concern is 5th grade: 5th grade Math was 37.93% proficient (13.88 pp below state) and fell 9.99 pp from 2024–2025, while 5th grade ELA was 48.28% (5.35 pp below state) but improved 6.61 pp.
Across all 10 reported tests, the school’s average proficiency rose from about 54.1% to 63.3%, while the state average moved only from about 53.9% to 55.0%. Math gains were broad except in 5th grade: 6th grade Math rose 19.51 pp, 7th grade Math rose 25.94 pp, and 8th grade Math rose 3.82 pp. In 2024–2025, the dropout rate was 0.0%, chronic absenteeism was 10.0% (better than the state’s 17.3% but above the district’s 7.6%), 35.48% of students received free/reduced lunch, per-student spending was $12,649, and the student-teacher ratio was 17.2. Overall, the school’s 2025–2026 profile is much stronger than prior years, with 5th grade math and absenteeism as areas to watch.
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