The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in Math. The lowest is 45% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Random Lake Middle
Random Lake Middle serves grades six through eight in the Random Lake School District, a small district in Sheboygan County. The school is located within the village of Random Lake itself, a quiet, primarily residential lakeside community. The village is compact, with a lakefront park, public beach, and the Lakeview Community Library all within a short distance of the school. The population has been stable with a modest decline in recent years, and the village’s character is one of low-density residential living centered on the Random Lake. There is no major commercial development on the shoreline, and the village government itself is a modest employer alongside the school district. Because the school serves middle grades only, there is no graduation rate to report.
The student body is small and overwhelmingly white, with a smaller number of Hispanic students and very few Asian or multiracial students represented. Just over a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in the middle range of economic need. This is a regular public school that is neither a charter nor a magnet, and there was no information available on the number of students receiving special education services or English learner support. A parent or guardian curious about those services would want to ask the school directly.
On the state’s Forward assessments, the school’s results show a mixed picture that varies by grade level and subject. In math, performance across the three grades is uneven. The sixth and eighth grades posted proficiency rates that are solid, with eighth grade math standing out as a stronger area for the school. Seventh grade math, however, was notably lower, a pattern that families may want to discuss with teachers to understand whether it reflects a particular cohort or a broader instructional challenge. In English language arts, the pattern is similar: seventh grade is the weakest of the three, with just over a third of students meeting the proficiency benchmark. Sixth and eighth grade ELA results improved from that level, though they remain at levels a parent might describe as adequate rather than strong. When compared against other school districts in Sheboygan County on an overall proficiency index that averages results across all tested subjects and grades, Random Lake Middle sits in the bottom quartile among the nine districts in the county. This is a straightforward position within the local context. The county median performance is higher, and several other districts post stronger combined results.
In eighth grade science and social studies, about half of students met the proficiency bar. Those are single-year snapshots that give a family one data point for subjects tested only at that grade level. Across all tested grades and subjects, participation rates were very high, often reaching full participation, so the results reflect nearly the entire student population.
The district did not appear to have gone through any major recent changes such as a referendum, curriculum overhaul, or boundary shift, based on available information. The school itself has no publicly reported data on chronic absenteeism or discipline, so those dimensions of the school environment are not part of this picture.
Who this school fits is a question of what you value. If you want a very small middle school where your child will likely know everyone and be known, and you are comfortable with a place that is not a high performer relative to its county neighbors, it could be a fit. The academic results are not strong across the board, and the seventh grade scores in particular invite a closer look. The setting is a quiet lakeside village where the school is part of the town’s civic core, and the housing market has been appreciating at a modest pace consistent with the broader state trend. For a family that places a high priority on top-quartile academic performance, the data suggests this school does not deliver that consistently, and a parent may want to investigate further with the school about how it addresses weaker grade-level results.
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