Antigo Middle, Antigo WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Antigo Middle

Antigo Middle School serves grades four through seven in the Antigo Unified School District, drawing from Antigo, a small city that acts as the county seat and regional hub for Langlade County. The city’s economy mixes agriculture, particularly potatoes and dairy, with wood-product manufacturing and other light industry. A historic downtown along Superior Street holds restaurants, shops, and civic buildings, while the school itself sits on a campus that includes Antigo High School and a community aquatic center. Homes in the area are priced well below state and national benchmarks, and rents are modest relative to local incomes, making this a relatively affordable place to live for families.

The school’s enrollment is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic students and students identifying as two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that a large portion of the student body comes from lower-income households. This middle school serves a wide grade span, and it is worth noting that the data did not include counts of students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent wanting to understand special education or language support offerings may need to follow up with the school directly.

On the Wisconsin Forward assessment, Antigo Middle’s results vary by grade and subject and are strongest in the earlier grades. In fourth grade, a solid majority of students met or exceeded the state’s proficiency standard in math, and the share was similar in English language arts. Fourth-grade science and social studies results were also reasonably solid. Fifth graders performed about as well as fourth graders in math and had a stronger showing in English language arts before the trend softens. In sixth grade, the math proficiency rate dropped off more sharply, with fewer than half of students reaching the bar, while English language arts held steady at a moderate level. Seventh graders rebounded somewhat in math and remained stable in English language arts. When the school is compared against other districts in Langlade County, its overall proficiency index lands in the top quarter of the small three-district pool. That county-level comparison is limited, though, and the school sits well below statewide top-performing benchmarks.

Because Antigo Middle serves only grades four through seven, it has no graduation rate to report. The school does not offer high-school-level courses such as Advanced Placement or dual-credit pathways, as those programs belong to the high school. For families considering this school, the academic picture is one of a mixed performer with an early advantage that fades somewhat by the middle grades, particularly in math. The data did not include information on course offerings, staffing ratios, or discipline rates, so it is not possible to assess program breadth or school climate from this evidence alone.

Antigo itself is a stable, slow-growth community. No major new housing developments or recent district changes were identified in publicly reported sources. The Antigo Unified School District appears to have been operating without significant recent shifts in policy or leadership that a parent would need to track. For a family looking at this school, the fit depends on what they prioritize. The school is the only public middle school in the district, so it draws from the entire city and surrounding area. Its affordability in housing terms is a clear draw, and the early-grade results suggest a foundation that many students build on successfully. The dip in sixth-grade math is a soft spot a parent may want to look into further with the school to understand whether it reflects a curriculum shift, a testing-year anomaly, or something else. The absence of program and staffing data leaves real gaps in what a family can know from this record alone.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 462%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 57% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 753%

School 53% · District 54% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 52%

even with state median

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 64% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 52%

even with state median

Grade 755%

School 55% · District 56% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Science

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 2 pts above state median

This schoolAntigo Unified School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income71%31 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income58%Higher-income73%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income44%Higher-income63%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income44%Higher-income69%26 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income18%Higher-income36%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income54%Higher-income74%20 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income47%Higher-income71%24 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income46%14 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income42%Higher-income67%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income19%Higher-income36%17 pp gap