Summary:
ZIP code 54016 is home to one public middle school — Hudson Middle, part of the Hudson School District — serving grades 6–8 with 1,089 students at 1300 Carmichael Rd in Hudson, Wisconsin. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, the most useful comparisons are between Hudson Middle and its district and state averages rather than against a local peer school.
Hudson Middle is a high performer. In 2025–2026 it ranked 53rd of 643 Wisconsin middle schools — the 92nd percentile — and earned 5 stars, while its district ranked 37th of 432 districts (91st percentile, 5 stars). The trend is upward: 163rd of 641 (75th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024, 87th of 628 (86th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025, and 53rd of 643 (92nd percentile, 5 stars) in 2025–2026, a gain of 110 rank positions and a move from 4 stars to 5 stars. Chronic absenteeism is 10.5%, below the district's 11.9% and well below Wisconsin's 17.3%; the dropout rate is 0.0%, though that figure is less meaningful for a middle school. Free/reduced lunch is 12.03%, per-student spending is $15,511, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.7.
Academically, every listed Forward Exam proficiency rate is above the state rate in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. In 2025–2026, gaps over the state range from +14.38 percentage points in 7th-grade ELA to +23.46 percentage points in 6th-grade math. Math is the strongest core area (77.06% in grade 6, 78.53% in grade 7, 76.88% in grade 8), while 8th-grade social studies posts the highest single result at 87.81%, against a state rate of 64.63%. Science is the lowest absolute area at 67.50% but improved by 9.45 percentage points year over year. Six of eight subject-grade combinations improved; only 8th-grade ELA (–1.04 points) and 8th-grade math (–1.28 points) slipped slightly, and both remain well above state averages.
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