Summary:
ZIP code 54121 in Florence, Wisconsin is served by a single middle school, Florence Middle, which educates 56 students in grades 7 and 8 as part of the Florence County School District. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there are no local peers to compare it against — the meaningful benchmarks are its own district and the state of Wisconsin. The school is small, with a student-teacher ratio of 7.8, and 46.43% of its students are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Academically, the strongest result in 2025–2026 was 8th-grade social studies at 79.17% proficient, 14.54 percentage points above the state. Seventh-grade math (65.38%, +9.71 points) and 7th-grade English language arts (57.69%, +2.36 points) also came in above state averages, while 8th-grade science (54.17%) and 8th-grade ELA (54.17%) were essentially in line with the state. The clear weak spot is 8th-grade math: 41.67% proficient, 12.00 points below the state and down from 56.25% the prior year. Even so, five of the six tested subject areas improved year over year, lifting the school's overall proficiency average from slightly below the state to slightly above it.
Attendance and dropout results are strong. Chronic absenteeism is 7.0%, well under the district's 8.8% and the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate is 0.0%. The school ranks 262 out of 643 Wisconsin middle schools — the 59th percentile with 3 stars — up from the 44th percentile the year before. With only 56 students, small changes in the number of proficient students can shift percentages and rankings noticeably, so any single year's scores should be read with caution. Per-student spending is $20,020.
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