The top reported proficiency rate is 63% in Social studies. The lowest is 42% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Crivitz Middle
Crivitz Middle is a regular public school serving only seventh and eighth grades. With a small enrollment, it offers a compact, transitional setting between elementary school and the larger high school that the district operates. The school is located within the village of Crivitz, a community that describes itself as the “Gateway to the North” and functions as a tourism and outdoor-recreation hub for the surrounding region. The local economy is driven by businesses serving seasonal visitors—sport shops, restaurants, and a grocery store—alongside a residential base that has expanded north and south between the railroad tracks and the Peshtigo River. The original downtown along Main Avenue was devastated by a fire decades ago and never fully recovered; the commercial district shifted to the U.S. highway corridor on the eastern edge of the village in the 1980s. The school sits on South Avenue, separate from that highway strip, and the village’s civic life is dispersed among several locations. Population has grown in recent decades, reversing earlier stagnation, and residential development continues, but no major new housing projects were identified in public sources. The district itself reported no recent parent-relevant changes in its operations or policies.
On state assessments, Crivitz Middle’s results show a mixed picture. Proficiency in mathematics and English language arts varies notably by grade. Seventh graders performed stronger in math than eighth graders, and the reverse pattern held in ELA, where seventh graders were more proficient than eighth graders. Eighth graders took science and social studies assessments, and those subjects produced higher proficiency rates than the grade’s math and ELA results. When compared to other districts in Marinette County, the school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits below the midpoint. That means a parent looking at the full set of county districts would see a range of performance, and Crivitz Middle is in the lower half of that range. The eighth-grade ELA results in particular are an area a parent may want to look into further with the school, as they are the weakest of the reported subjects. Science and social studies, on the other hand, are relative bright spots.
The student body is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and a small share of students identifying as two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a community with a range of economic backgrounds. Data on disability status and English learner status were not reported in the available records, and no information on discipline, staffing, or chronic absenteeism was available. Because the school is a middle school, there is no graduation rate to report.
Housing in the area is more affordable than the state and national averages, with home values that are modest compared to broader benchmarks. The village’s tourism-driven economy and outdoor recreational assets—the Peshtigo River, Lake Noquebay, nearby state forest, and a municipal park—are central to the community’s character. For a family considering Crivitz Middle, the school offers a small, self-contained middle school experience within a district that continues into high school. The academic results suggest that a parent should pay close attention to how their child performs in the transition from seventh to eighth grade, particularly in reading and math, and should feel comfortable asking the school about supports available for students who are not yet proficient. The school’s performance is not uniform, and the county-level comparison provides a useful benchmark for understanding where it stands among its neighbors.
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