Summary:
ZIP code 54313 in the Green Bay area contains three middle-level schools serving grades 5 through 8: Bay View Middle and Lineville Intermediate, both in the Howard-Suamico School District, and Lombardi Middle in the Green Bay Area Public School District. Together they enroll 2,299 students, and the available data covers state rankings, Forward Exam proficiency, chronic absenteeism, spending and class size.
Bay View Middle is the academic standout: a 4-star school in all three years of rank history, between the 77th and 86th percentile statewide, and the only school here above the state in every tested subject in both years, including 84.63% proficiency in 8th grade Social Studies in 2024-25 against a state figure of 62.51%. Lineville Intermediate has the strongest overall profile, with the lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.1% (state: 17.3%), the lowest per-student spending at $14,188, and the highest 6th grade ELA result in the file at 65.41%. Lombardi Middle is a 1-star school in a district ranked in the 11th percentile statewide, yet it outperforms its own district average in all 14 subject-and-grade comparisons — including 8th grade math at 55.94% versus the district's 30.00%.
Context matters for parents weighing these schools. Free/reduced-lunch rates run about 22% at the two Howard-Suamico schools versus 55.57% at Lombardi, with proficiency gaps of roughly 20–30 points alongside. Lombardi spends the most per student ($17,877) while posting the lowest results, and student-teacher ratios are nearly identical across all three (12.3 to 12.9), so neither spending nor class size explains the differences. Math outscores ELA almost everywhere except Lineville's 5th grade. Both ranked schools are trending downward, and Bay View's margin over the state narrowed in every subject. For engagement, watch chronic absenteeism rather than dropout rates, which are near zero at the middle level.
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