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Asa Clark Middle
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Asa Clark Middle
Asa Clark Middle is one of the substantial middle-grades schools in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, part of Pewaukee School District, with 623 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 64% larger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.
Pewaukee School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,907 students. Asa Clark Middle is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Asa Clark Middle lists that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Asa Clark Middle has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Asa Clark Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.1%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Waukesha County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Asa Clark Middle is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Horizon School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Asa Clark Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.3%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 43%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 623 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Waukesha County at a glance
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