Summary:
ZIP code 54956 has one middle school, Neenah Middle School, located in Neenah, Wisconsin, and serving grades 4–8 with 1,913 students in the Neenah Joint School District. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, parents can focus on this school’s own performance, its district, and Wisconsin averages rather than comparing multiple local middle schools.
Its most striking results are in 4th grade. In 2025-2026, the school reported 100% proficiency in English Language Arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. In 2024-2025, it also reported 100% in ELA, math, and social studies, with science at 95.24%. These scores are far above both district and state figures. Eighth grade is also a strength: 2025-2026 ELA was 65.41%, math 62.13%, social studies 69.39%, and science 54.81%, all above state averages and very close to district results. Seventh-grade math was 62.8%, about 7.1 points above the state. When 4th grade is excluded, the school’s grades 5–8 average is roughly 59.2%, close to the district’s 59.4% and above the state’s 55.0%.
For context, the school has a 14.5:1 student-teacher ratio, a 31.68% free/reduced lunch rate, and per-student spending of $12,600. Its 2025-2026 rank is 219 of 643 schools, at the 66th percentile with 3 stars, after earning 4 stars in 2023-2024. Attendance and dropout indicators are favorable: the dropout rate is 0.3%, below the district’s 0.6% and the state’s 1.1%, while chronic absenteeism is 13.8%, slightly above the district’s 13.1% but below the state’s 17.3%. Overall, the school performs above the state, with exceptional 4th-grade scores and solid middle-grade results.
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