Summary:
ZIP code 54212 has just one middle school: Gibraltar Middle, a grades 6–8 school with 92 students in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, operating within the Gibraltar Area School District. Because there are no other middle schools in this ZIP code, there are no local peer comparisons to make — the most meaningful benchmarks for families are the district and the state.
Gibraltar Middle's strengths are clear. The district is ranked 32nd of 432 districts statewide, placing in the 93rd percentile with 5 stars, while the school itself ranks 140th of 643 schools (78th percentile, 4 stars). Attendance is a standout: chronic absenteeism is 6.7%, well below the district's 11.2% and less than half the state's 17.3%. Math is the strongest academic area — in 2025–2026 every middle-grade math result beat the state by at least 13 percentage points (76.92 vs. 53.60 in 6th grade, 68.97 vs. 55.67 in 7th, and 66.67 vs. 53.67 in 8th). Sixth grade ELA was also exceptional at 82.05 vs. 54.95 statewide. The school is well resourced, with $27,372 spent per student and a 7.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and 22.83% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Dropout is 0.0%, compared with 1.1% statewide.
There are a few watch items. The school's own state rank has slipped from 50th of 641 in 2023–2024 to 111th of 628 in 2024–2025, then 140th of 643 in 2025–2026 — still top quartile, but trending down. ELA results are more mixed than math: 7th grade ELA came in at 55.17, essentially level with the state's 55.33, and 8th grade ELA was only 3.20 points above state. Eighth grade social studies and science both dropped year over year (84.00 to 75.76 and 68.00 to 57.58) though both remain above state. With only 92 students, a few students can shift a grade-level percentage noticeably, so single-year changes deserve caution.
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