Summary:
ZIP code 54162 has just one middle school: Pulaski Community Middle, part of the Pulaski Community School District. It serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 846 students, making it a fairly large middle school by Wisconsin standards. Because it is the only middle school in the district, the district's middle-grades scores are essentially the school's scores — so the meaningful comparison is between this school and the state as a whole.
On that comparison, the school comes out ahead almost everywhere. It beats the Wisconsin state proficiency rate in all 16 reported test comparisons across two school years, with no exceptions. Math is the strongest subject: in 2025–2026, 7th grade math was 67.26% proficient versus 55.67% statewide, and 8th grade social studies was 72.22% versus 64.63%. The weakest spot is 8th grade. Its ELA score of 55.56% cleared the state by only 1.18 points, and 8th grade math sat at 59.72% — every other grade level beat the state by at least six points. Eighth grade science jumped nearly nine points in a year while state science rose less than two, so the school's overall average held roughly steady at 63.27 in 2025–2026, even as its margin over the state narrowed slightly.
Two other things stand out for families. Chronic absenteeism is 7.9%, far below both the district's 11.4% and the state's 17.3% — a genuine strength. The school ranks in the 71st percentile among Wisconsin middle schools and earned 4 stars, recovering from a dip to the 69th percentile and 3 stars the year before, though not yet back to its 2023–2024 peak of 78th percentile. Classes average 14 students per teacher, and 21.51% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The reported 0.3% dropout rate is not a meaningful measure for a middle school.
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