Enrollment
340
Middle
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOX POINT J2 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550480000517
Bayside Middle
601 E Ellsworth Ln, Milwaukee, WI 53217 · (414) 247-4201 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
30 students
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 87 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 24% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fox Point J2 School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
87.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
87.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.2% | 87.8% |
| 2023-24 | 83.3% | 85.4% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
84.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bayside Middle
Bayside Middle's state test result (84.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayside Middle this school | 340 | 8.8% | 84.5% |
| Lake Shore Middle Mequon | 335 | 9.6% | 75.5% |
| Steffen Middle Mequon | 418 | 14.8% | 73.5% |
| John Long Middle Grafton | 452 | 14.4% | 72.8% |
| Waunakee Intermediate Waunakee | 661 | 9.5% | 77.9% |
| Shorewood Intermediate Shorewood | 300 | 17.0% | 72.1% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bayside Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #6 of 323 | #1 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #5 of 327 ▲ 2 | #1 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.2% | #2 of 327 ▲ 4 | #1 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #186 of 389 | #17 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #21 of 265 | #2 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #97 of 265 | #21 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #316 of 323 | #25 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #135 of 176 | #14 of 20 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
340
-30 (-8%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 340 | 32.2 | 10.6:1 | 9% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 31.8 | 10.7:1 | 11% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 30.9 | 11.0:1 | 11% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 13% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 30.2 | 12.0:1 | 9% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 15% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 33 | 11.4:1 | 6% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 39 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayside Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (361 to 340); teachers up 7% (30.2 to 32.2).
About Bayside Middle
Bayside Middle is the name of a medium-sized middle school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Classes run from 5 through 8, and the school has 340 students.
Fox Point J2 School District serves 813 students across 2 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Bayside Middle is 73% White. It is also 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Milwaukee County is roughly 51% White. Bayside Middle has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.6:1. Among middle schools in Wisconsin, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 9%. On average, public schools in Milwaukee County report 64%.
allk12 grades Bayside Middle an A+. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Bayside Middle's results are 12.3 points above predicted: 84.5% against 72.2%.
Across Milwaukee County, median household income is about $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The public schools of Milwaukee County number 284 and enroll about 122,496.
The nearest other public school, Maple Dale School, is about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bayside Middle. On state test proficiency, Bayside Middle ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 8%, from 370 to 340. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.3 to 10.6 over 4 years.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fox Point J2 School District
- Stormonth ElementaryElementary · 473 students
Other schools in Milwaukee
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- Milwaukee Academy of ScienceCombined · 1,711 students
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,472 students
- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Bruce GuadalupeElementary · 1,364 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Other Bayside Middle schools
One other US public school is named Bayside Middle. Bayside Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bayside MiddleVirginia Beach, VA · 628 students
Nearby schools
- Maple Dale School1.0 mi · 224
- Indian Hill School1.1 mi · 223
- Stormonth Elementary2.2 mi · 473
- Donges Bay Elementary2.6 mi · 539
- Nicolet High3.0 mi · 1,043
- Lake Shore Middle3.3 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Bayside MiddleHow many students attend Bayside Middle?
Bayside Middle enrolls approximately 340 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Bayside Middle serve?
Bayside Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bayside Middle?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Bayside Middle.
What is the student diversity at Bayside Middle?
Student demographics at Bayside Middle are roughly 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Bayside Middle public or private?
Bayside Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fox Point J2 School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.