Summary:
ZIP code 54732 contains exactly one middle school: Cornell Middle, which serves grades 6–8 with 83 students and belongs to the Cornell School District in Cornell, Wisconsin.
Cornell Middle's clearest strengths are student engagement and recent reading growth. Chronic absenteeism is just 2.5%, compared with 2.3% in the district and 17.3% statewide, and the dropout rate is 0.0% versus 1.1% for Wisconsin. In English language arts, the school averaged 42.2% proficiency in 2024–2025 and rose to 61.0% in 2025–2026, with 6th grade at 75.00% and 7th grade at 64.52% — both above their state averages — while 7th-grade math reached 58.06%. Statewide, the school's rank has climbed from the 31st percentile to the 37th percentile over three years.
Challenges remain. The school ranks 405 of 643 statewide (37th percentile, 2 stars), below the state median, while the district sits at 172 of 432 (60th percentile, 3 stars). Math proficiency fell from 47.8% to 39.2%, driven largely by 8th grade, where only 13.04% were proficient in math against 53.67% statewide; 8th-grade science was 26.09% (state 51.86%), social studies 43.48% (state 64.63%), and ELA 43.48% (state 54.38%). With 63.86% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, $15,201 in per-student spending, a 16.9:1 student-teacher ratio, and only 83 students, small grade cohorts mean year-to-year swings can look larger than they are.
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