Lena Middle, Lena WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Lena Middle

Lena Middle serves grades six through eight in the small village of Lena, Wisconsin, about a half-hour’s drive from Green Bay. The school is part of the Lena School District, which operates two buildings along the village’s Main Street corridor: one elementary school and a combined middle and high school building where Lena Middle shares space with the upper grades. The setting is a traditional rural village with a compact downtown, a cheese factory that is the county’s largest employer, and a handful of local businesses and churches. Housing values in the area sit slightly below the statewide median, and the village has seen slow, steady population growth in recent years.

Academically, Lena Middle’s state assessment results from the most recent testing year show a mixed picture. In mathematics, performance in the lower grades served is stronger than in the middle grades; as students move through the school, proficiency rates trend downward before recovering somewhat in the top grade. English language arts follows a similar pattern, with a solid majority reaching proficiency in the earliest grade tested but lower shares in the subsequent grades. Eighth-grade results in science and social studies each show about half of students meeting the proficiency standard. Taken together, the school’s overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grade levels sits just below the midpoint when compared with other districts in Oconto County. A parent may want to ask the school about the dip in middle-grade English and math scores and how the school addresses those patterns.

The student body is small and predominantly white, with a small Hispanic population. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that is relatively modest for a rural Wisconsin school. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not reported, and no information on discipline or chronic absenteeism was available, so a parent looking into those areas would need to follow up with the school directly.

The village itself offers a quiet, tight-knit environment. Schools and civic offices are clustered along Main Street, and the community holds an annual Dairyfest celebration. No major district-level changes such as referendums or curriculum shifts were found in recent public reporting, suggesting a period of stability. For a family seeking a small rural school where the early grades show strong results and the middle grades present room for improvement, Lena Middle fits that profile. The housing market is accessible relative to state benchmarks, and the commute to Green Bay is manageable for those who work in the larger metro area. The school’s academic trajectory in the middle years is something to investigate further, but the setting and community offer a straightforward, no-frills educational experience typical of small-town Wisconsin.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 72%

▲ 21 pts above state median

Grade 662%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 746%

School 46% · District 46%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 3 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 568%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 17 pts above state median

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 19 pts below state median

Grade 738%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 18 pts below state median

Science

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 51%

▼ 13 pts below state median

This schoolLena 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 5Lower-income55%Higher-income79%24 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income17%Higher-income47%30 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income33%Higher-income40%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income8%Higher-income48%40 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income64%Higher-income79%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income58%Higher-income65%6 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income44%Higher-income47%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income65%32 pp gap