Enrollment
339
Middle
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH FOND DU LAC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551074001396
Bessie Allen Middle
305 McKinley St, North Fond du Lac, WI 54937 · (920) 929-3754 · Fond du Lac County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
165 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 6 | 114 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 116 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 32% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 North Fond du Lac School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
38.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.2% | 38.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 45.4% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Bessie Allen Middle
Bessie Allen Middle's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessie Allen Middle this school | 339 | 48.7% | 39.9% |
| Beaver Dam Middle Beaver Dam | 633 | 49.4% | 44.1% |
| Berlin Middle Berlin | 276 | 52.9% | 39.6% |
| Deer Creek Intermediate Saint Francis | 300 | 46.7% | 54.4% |
| Riverside Middle Watertown | 616 | 44.5% | 47.1% |
| Walker Middle Sturgeon Bay | 228 | 48.7% | 75.1% |
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 Bessie Allen Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Fond du Lac County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #280 of 323 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #281 of 327 ▼ 26 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #297 of 327 ▼ 21 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #189 of 389 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #218 of 265 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #78 of 265 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #81 of 323 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #40 of 79 | N/A |
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
339
+21 (+7%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 339 | 23.2 | 14.6:1 | 49% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 21.7 | 14.9:1 | 46% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 22.8 | 13.8:1 | 47% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 57% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 21.5 | 14.6:1 | 50% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 56% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 44% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 265 | 18 | 14.7:1 | 14% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 17 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bessie Allen Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (315 to 339); teachers up 8% (21.5 to 23.2).
About Bessie Allen Middle
Families in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, are served by Bessie Allen Middle, a mid-sized middle school. It teaches 339 students in grades 6 through 8.
North Fond du Lac School District counts 1,571 students in its 6 schools, and Bessie Allen Middle is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Bessie Allen Middle, about 65 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 88%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bessie Allen Middle scores 50%.
Staffing at Bessie Allen Middle comes to 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.6:1. The school's 14.6:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for middle schools in Wisconsin. On the income side, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Bessie Allen Middle lands at D, ahead of 7% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
Bessie Allen Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.9% and a predicted 47.8%.
The school's county is Fond du Lac County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,275 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Bessie Allen Middle shares Fond du Lac County with 41 other public schools.
Horace Mann High sits less than a tenth of a mile from Bessie Allen Middle. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bessie Allen Middle ranks 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Small, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 21 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Fond du Lac County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,137
Census ACS
Median income
$74,275
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
13,230 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Fond du Lac School District
- Friendship Learning ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Horace Mann HighHigh · 453 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 84 students
- Treffert Way for the Exceptional MindElementary · 60 students
- Exploration Charter High SchoolHigh · 23 students
Other schools in North Fond du Lac
- Friendship Learning ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Horace Mann HighHigh · 453 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 84 students
- Treffert Way for the Exceptional MindElementary · 60 students
- Exploration Charter High SchoolHigh · 23 students
Nearby schools
- Horace Mann High0.1 mi · 453
- Exploration Charter High School0.1 mi · 23
- Early Learning Center0.1 mi · 84
- Friendship Learning Elementary0.3 mi · 612
- Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind0.3 mi · 60
- Parkside Elementary2.1 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Bessie Allen MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Bessie Allen Middle?
Bessie Allen Middle enrolls approximately 339 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bessie Allen Middle serve?
Bessie Allen Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Bessie Allen Middle have?
Bessie Allen Middle employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Bessie Allen Middle?
Bessie Allen Middle reports a student body of 65% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bessie Allen Middle public or private?
Bessie Allen Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Fond du Lac School District.
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