Summary:
ZIP code 54986, covering Winneconne, Wisconsin, contains exactly one middle school: Winneconne Middle, which serves grades 6–8 with 411 students as part of the Winneconne Community School District. That single school is a consistently elite performer in Wisconsin: it ranked 28th of 643 middle schools in 2025–26, 28th of 628 in 2024–25, and 26th of 641 in 2023–24 — the 96th percentile with 5 stars every year. The district itself ranks 24th of 432 districts, in the 94th percentile with 5 stars.
Because there is only one middle school here, the most useful comparison is against district and state benchmarks — and the gaps are large. In 2025–26, Winneconne Middle outperformed the state on every reported Forward Exam subject and grade. English language arts gaps ranged from +18.28 to +38.15 percentage points, and math gaps from +26.19 to +32.12 points. The highest marks were 6th-grade ELA at 93.10% and 7th-grade math at 87.79%. Across the eight reported tests, average proficiency was 81.26% versus 55.51% statewide, a +25.75 point gap that widened slightly from 2024–25. Grade-level results in 8th grade were the school's comparatively lowest — science at 71.94% and ELA at 72.66% — though both still far exceed state averages. District rates equal school rates in nearly every subject, indicating this school largely drives the district's middle-grade profile.
Beyond test scores, attendance and dropout metrics are favorable: chronic absenteeism is 9.9%, versus 10.3% in the district and 17.3% statewide, and the dropout rate is 0.0%, below the district's 0.2% and the state's 1.1%. Context figures include 17.52% free/reduced-price lunch eligibility, $12,220 per-student spending, and a 16.3:1 student-teacher ratio; no state comparators are provided for these three measures. One caveat for parents: year-over-year test changes reflect different grade-level cohorts, not the same students tracked over time.
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