Badger Middle

Set in West Bend, Wisconsin, Badger Middle is a heavily attended junior high, operated by West Bend School District. It instructs 714 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 87% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Across the 12 schools in West Bend School District (5,365 students total), Badger Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Badger Middle lists that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Badger Middle lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at Badger Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Washington County's rate of about 23%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Badger Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household income runs about $96,359, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Washington County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,746 students), Badger Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is West Bend School District 4K, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Badger Middle. On composite proficiency, Badger Middle comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Badger Middle's enrollment has edged down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 962 (now 714). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 84% to 79%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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