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The lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Dane County, Wisconsin

Across Dane County, Wisconsin, 33 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. Black Hawk Middle leads the list at 26.9%, against a median of 59.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Dane County, Wisconsin

Best % Proficient

26.9%

Median % Proficient

59.3%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Black Hawk Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	70.3%	300	26.9%
2	Sherman Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	60.0%	400	32.1%
3	James Wright Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	68.2%	245	32.1%
4	Sennett Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	52.6%	570	33.9%
5	Whitehorse Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	59.0%	415	34.6%
6	Cherokee Heights Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	48.3%	526	38.6%
7	Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	53.2%	462	40.6%
8	Marshall Middle	Marshall, WI	Marshall School District	Middle	39.8%	128	47.6%
9	Glacial Drumlin School	Cottage Grove, WI	Monona Grove School District	Middle	20.0%	766	48.9%
10	Toki Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	46.0%	487	50.3%
11	River Bluff Middle	Stoughton, WI	Stoughton Area School District	Middle	28.3%	569	50.4%
12	Prairie View Middle	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Middle	35.9%	699	52.1%
13	Central Heights Middle	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Middle	33.9%	560	52.2%
14	Nikolay Middle	Cambridge, WI	Cambridge School District	Middle	28.1%	203	53.0%
15	Patrick Marsh Middle	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Middle	29.1%	581	54.9%
16	Badger Ridge Middle	Verona, WI	Verona Area School District	Middle	26.0%	776	56.1%
17	Oregon Middle	Oregon, WI	Oregon School District	Middle	17.9%	613	59.3%
18	Savanna Oaks Middle	Fitchburg, WI	Verona Area School District	Middle	26.7%	360	59.8%
19	O'Keeffe Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	42.9%	434	60.4%
20	Deerfield Middle	Deerfield, WI	Deerfield Community School District	Middle	24.6%	114	61.1%
21	De Forest Middle	De Forest, WI	De Forest Area School District	Middle	19.8%	602	61.6%
22	Harvest Intermediate School	DeForest, WI	De Forest Area School District	Middle	17.4%	966	63.5%
23	Rome Corners Intermediate	Oregon, WI	Oregon School District	Middle	14.3%	463	65.2%
24	Mount Horeb Middle	Mount Horeb, WI	Mount Horeb Area School District	Middle	14.7%	503	65.8%
25	Wisconsin Heights Middle	Mazomanie, WI	Wisconsin Heights School District	Middle	28.1%	153	67.4%
26	Spring Harbor Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	27.5%	269	68.0%
27	Belleville Middle	Belleville, WI	Belleville School District	Middle	22.5%	111	69.7%
28	Indian Mound Middle	McFarland, WI	McFarland School District	Middle	18.0%	534	70.7%
29	Hamilton Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	19.4%	790	72.5%
30	Waunakee Middle	Waunakee, WI	Waunakee Community School District	Middle	12.6%	667	72.7%
31	Kromrey Middle	Middleton, WI	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	Middle	20.7%	1,230	72.8%
32	Glacier Creek Middle	Cross Plains, WI	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	Middle	14.3%	924	75.5%
33	Waunakee Intermediate	Waunakee, WI	Waunakee Community School District	Middle	9.5%	661	77.9%

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