Summary:
ZIP code 54426 contains one middle school, Edgar Middle, which serves grades 6–8 in Edgar, Wisconsin, as part of the Edgar School District; it enrolls 120 students in a small-school setting.
Edgar Middle ranks 80 out of 643 schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 88th percentile with 4 stars—up from 225 out of 641, the 65th percentile, and 3 stars in 2023–2024. In 2025–2026, all eight reported Forward Exam results were above the Wisconsin state average. The highest were 8th Grade Social Studies at 89.47% proficient vs. 64.63% state, 7th Grade ELA at 85% vs. 55.33%, and 6th Grade Mathematics at 80% vs. 53.6%. Across those eight tests, the school averaged about 73.0% proficient vs. about 55.5% for the state, roughly a 17.5-point advantage. The school’s unweighted average rose about 5.6 points year over year, while the state rose about 1.1 points. Social Studies had the largest gain, from 61.36% to 89.47%.
Beyond test scores, chronic absenteeism is 12.4%, below the district’s 14.0% and the state’s 17.3%. The dropout rate is 1.2%, compared with 1.0% district and 1.1% state. About 32.5% of students receive free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,625, and the student-teacher ratio is 11.8. Watch items: 6th Grade ELA fell from 76.32% to 60%, still above state, and 8th Grade Math was 55.26%, only 1.59 points above state. With roughly 40 students per grade, year-to-year swings can be large, but overall the data show strong rankings, improving results, and above-state performance in every reported 2025–2026 subject.
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