Summary:
ZIP code 54801 contains exactly one middle school: Spooner Middle, part of the Spooner Area School District, serving grades 5–8 to 276 students in the Spooner area of northwestern Wisconsin.
Attendance and staying in school are this school's clearest strengths. Chronic absenteeism is 8.7%, roughly half the district's 16.0% and the state's 17.3%. The dropout rate is 0.6%, below the district's 1.4% and Wisconsin's 1.1%. On the Forward Exam, 7th grade math (65.38% proficient vs 55.67% state) and 8th grade math (59.46% vs 53.67%) stand out above state, and 5th grade English language arts has topped state both years (57.33% vs 53.63% in 2025–26). Math overall improved sharply, from a 46.44% average in 2024–25 to 54.35% in 2025–26.
Overall proficiency is close to typical for Wisconsin: about 53.8% across the listed 2025–26 tests versus about 55.0% statewide. The school slipped from 3 stars to 2 stars, moving from the 54th to the 47th percentile, even though its overall average barely changed — so the decline reflects relative standing rather than a drop in absolute scores. Weaker spots include 7th grade ELA, below state both years, and 5th and 6th grade math, still below state in 2025–26. Eighth grade science and social studies flipped from well above state in 2024–25 to below it in 2025–26, the most striking year-over-year change in the data. Per-student spending is $15,674 with a student-teacher ratio of 11.3, and 48.91% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch.
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