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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Wisconsin

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Wisconsin, drawn from 323 qualifying public middle schools. Carmen Middle School South leads the list at 100%, against a median of 36.4% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

323

Wisconsin

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

36.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WISCONSIN

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Carmen Middle School South	Milwaukee, WI	Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc	Middle	191	100%
2	Roosevelt Middle	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	Middle	270	95.2%
3	Lincoln Middle	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	Middle	309	93.2%
4	King International Baccalaureate Middle	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	Middle	159	91.2%
5	Menominee Indian Middle	Neopit, WI	Menominee Indian School District	Middle	206	89.8%
6	Andrew S Douglas Middle	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	Middle	106	88.7%
7	Audubon Technology and Communication Middle	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	Middle	345	83.8%
8	Washington Middle	Kenosha, WI	Kenosha School District	Middle	545	82.2%
9	United Community Center Acosta Middle School	Milwaukee, WI	United Community Center Inc	Middle	188	80.3%
10	Morse Mid	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	Middle	383	79.6%
11	Wedgewood Park School	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	Middle	541	77.6%
12	West Milwaukee Intermediate	West Milwaukee, WI	West Allis-West Milwaukee School District	Middle	378	76.7%
13	Arcadia Middle	Arcadia, WI	Arcadia School District	Middle	359	76.3%
14	Washington Middle	Green Bay, WI	Green Bay Area Public School District	Middle	688	74.9%
15	Lincoln Middle	Kenosha, WI	Kenosha School District	Middle	402	73.1%
16	Fran Fruzen Intermediate	Beloit, WI	Beloit School District	Middle	490	72.7%
17	Farnsworth Middle	Sheboygan, WI	Sheboygan Area School District	Middle	443	71.8%
18	Franklin Middle	Green Bay, WI	Green Bay Area Public School District	Middle	560	71.6%
19	Black Hawk Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	300	70.3%
20	Bullen Middle	Kenosha, WI	Kenosha School District	Middle	754	69.1%
21	James Wright Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	245	68.2%
22	Ladysmith Middle	Ladysmith, WI	Ladysmith School District	Middle	144	67.4%
23	Urban Middle	Sheboygan, WI	Sheboygan Area School District	Middle	568	67.3%
24	Franklin Middle	Janesville, WI	Janesville School District	Middle	486	66.5%
25	Aldrich Intermediate	Beloit, WI	Beloit School District	Middle	521	66.4%
26	Flambeau Middle	Tony, WI	Flambeau School District	Middle	115	65.2%
27	Cudahy Middle	Cudahy, WI	Cudahy School District	Middle	247	62.8%
28	Phoenix Middle	Delavan, WI	Delavan-Darien School District	Middle	474	62.7%
29	Adams-Friendship Middle	Adams, WI	Adams-Friendship Area School District	Middle	338	62.4%
30	Washington Middle	Manitowoc, WI	Manitowoc School District	Middle	566	62.4%
31	Vel Phillips Middle School	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh Area School District	Middle	832	62.3%
32	Black River Falls Middle	Black River Falls, WI	Black River Falls School District	Middle	327	62.1%
33	Edison Middle	Green Bay, WI	Green Bay Area Public School District	Middle	1,121	62.0%
34	Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate	West Allis, WI	West Allis-West Milwaukee School District	Middle	902	61.9%
35	Horace Mann Middle	Sheboygan, WI	Sheboygan Area School District	Middle	617	61.6%
36	Alexander Middle	Nekoosa, WI	Nekoosa School District	Middle	326	61.3%
37	Edison Middle	Janesville, WI	Janesville School District	Middle	587	61.0%
38	Tri-County Middle	Plainfield, WI	Tri-County Area School District	Middle	134	60.4%
39	Independence Middle	Independence, WI	Independence School District	Middle	101	60.4%
40	Sherman Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	400	60.0%
41	Parkside School	Wautoma, WI	Wautoma Area School District	Middle	480	60.0%
42	Colby Middle	Colby, WI	Colby School District	Middle	204	59.8%
43	Gillett Middle	Gillett, WI	Gillett School District	Middle	120	59.2%
44	Whitehorse Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	415	59.0%
45	Owen-Withee Junior High	Owen, WI	Owen-Withee School District	Middle	112	58.9%
46	Ashland Middle	Ashland, WI	Ashland School District	Middle	383	58.7%
47	Chequamegon Middle	Glidden, WI	Chequamegon School District	Middle	128	58.6%
48	Wisconsin Dells Middle School	Wisconsin Dells, WI	Wisconsin Dells School District	Middle	374	58.3%
49	Wilson Middle	Appleton, WI	Appleton Area School District	Middle	587	57.8%
50	Sabish Middle	Fond du Lac, WI	Fond du Lac School District	Middle	445	57.3%

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