Summary:
ZIP code 54220 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin is home to two middle schools serving grades 6–8, both part of the Manitowoc School District: Washington Middle with 566 students and Wilson Middle with 478 students, for a combined enrollment of 1,044. The district itself ranks 385th of 432 districts statewide, at the 11th percentile with 1 star.
Wilson Middle is the standout of the two. It is a 2-star school ranked 413th of 643 schools statewide in 2025–2026 (36th percentile), while Washington Middle is 1-star, ranked 491st (24th percentile). Wilson's rank has held steady at the 35th, 37th, and 36th percentile over three years; Washington has climbed from the 14th to the 21st to the 24th percentile. Wilson also reports lower chronic absenteeism (17.2% vs. 28.9%), a 0.0% dropout rate vs. 0.2%, a lower free/reduced lunch share (38.91% vs. 62.37%), higher per-student spending ($17,566 vs. $15,646), and a slightly smaller student-teacher ratio (11.7 vs. 12.3).
Academically, Wilson outperformed Washington in 6 of 8 tested subject-grade rows in 2025–2026 and all 8 in 2024–2025, with ELA 7 and ELA 8 above the state average. Washington's bright spots are 8th-grade Mathematics (45.93, above Wilson's 44.94 and the district's 45.45) and 8th-grade Social Studies (60.69 vs. 57.96), the latter a 16.59-point year-over-year gain. Math remains a shared weakness: every math grade at both schools sits below the state average, and Wilson's Math 6 and Math 8 fell by 7.47 and 9.29 points. Even the stronger school is only at the 36th percentile statewide, suggesting a broader district-level challenge.
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