Bay View Middle

Bay View Middle is one of the sizable middle-grades schools in Green Bay, Wisconsin, part of Howard-Suamico School District, with 820 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. That puts it 115% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Howard-Suamico School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,678 students. Bay View Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Bay View Middle logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, Bay View Middle lists 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Brown County (around 39%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bay View Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Brown County indicate median household income runs about $79,649, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brown County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,385 students), of which Bay View Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Meadowbrook Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bay View Middle comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 898 students in 2018 compared to 820 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 89% to 83%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.