Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 54166

ZIP code 54166 contains one middle school, Shawano Community Middle, which serves grades 6–8 with 436 students in the Shawano School District and has a relatively high-poverty student population (55.96% free/reduced lunch), a 12.4:1 student-teacher ratio, and $16,234 per-student spending.

For parents, the school’s rank has improved from 1 star and 29th percentile in 2023–2024 to 2 stars and 38th–39th percentile in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, though it remains below the 50th percentile. Its dropout rate (0.6%) is lower than the district’s 1.2% and the state’s 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism is 21.8%, slightly better than the district’s 22.4% but above the state’s 17.3%. Math is the clearest strength: in 2025–2026, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade math all exceeded state proficiency. ELA is the clearest weakness, below state in every grade; 6th-grade ELA dropped 10.17 percentage points year over year. Eighth-grade Social Studies is 8.79 percentage points below state, while 8th-grade Science is slightly above state.

Overall, the school’s average proficiency improved from 49.56% to 50.66% but remains about 4.9 percentage points below the state average. The math-ELA gap widened from 3.14 to 14.36 percentage points, showing recent gains are subject-specific. District middle-grade results closely mirror the school’s results. The most actionable takeaways are to preserve math and science gains while addressing the sharp ELA decline and the widening Social Studies gap. The school serves a high-poverty population with substantial per-student investment, so targeted support in ELA and Social Studies may help close the remaining gaps.