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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Dane County, Wisconsin

33 public middle schools in Dane County, Wisconsin appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Waunakee Intermediate leads the list at 77.4%, against a median of 58.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Dane County, Wisconsin

Top % Proficient (Reading)

77.4%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

58.6%

BEST IN READING · DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Waunakee Intermediate	Waunakee, WI	Waunakee Community School District	Middle	661	77.4%
2	Spring Harbor Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	269	76.5%
3	Glacier Creek Middle	Cross Plains, WI	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	Middle	924	74.9%
4	Hamilton Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	790	72.6%
5	Waunakee Middle	Waunakee, WI	Waunakee Community School District	Middle	667	72.3%
6	Kromrey Middle	Middleton, WI	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	Middle	1,230	71.9%
7	Wisconsin Heights Middle	Mazomanie, WI	Wisconsin Heights School District	Middle	153	69.7%
8	Mount Horeb Middle	Mount Horeb, WI	Mount Horeb Area School District	Middle	503	69.4%
9	Savanna Oaks Middle	Fitchburg, WI	Verona Area School District	Middle	360	67.7%
10	Indian Mound Middle	McFarland, WI	McFarland School District	Middle	534	64.7%
11	Rome Corners Intermediate	Oregon, WI	Oregon School District	Middle	463	63.2%
12	Belleville Middle	Belleville, WI	Belleville School District	Middle	111	62.4%
13	Harvest Intermediate School	DeForest, WI	De Forest Area School District	Middle	966	60.7%
14	De Forest Middle	De Forest, WI	De Forest Area School District	Middle	602	60.1%
15	Badger Ridge Middle	Verona, WI	Verona Area School District	Middle	776	59.3%
16	Oregon Middle	Oregon, WI	Oregon School District	Middle	613	59.2%
17	O'Keeffe Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	434	58.6%
18	Patrick Marsh Middle	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Middle	581	54.9%
19	Marshall Middle	Marshall, WI	Marshall School District	Middle	128	53.8%
20	River Bluff Middle	Stoughton, WI	Stoughton Area School District	Middle	569	52.4%
21	Central Heights Middle	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Middle	560	52.4%
22	Toki Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	487	52.2%
23	Glacial Drumlin School	Cottage Grove, WI	Monona Grove School District	Middle	766	51.6%
24	Prairie View Middle	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Middle	699	51.6%
25	Nikolay Middle	Cambridge, WI	Cambridge School District	Middle	203	50.3%
26	Deerfield Middle	Deerfield, WI	Deerfield Community School District	Middle	114	50.0%
27	Cherokee Heights Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	526	44.1%
28	Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	462	40.8%
29	Whitehorse Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	415	36.8%
30	James Wright Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	245	35.9%
31	Sennett Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	570	35.4%
32	Black Hawk Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	300	34.3%
33	Sherman Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	400	34.0%

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