Enrollment
300
Middle
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000959
Black Hawk Middle
1402 Wyoming Way, Madison, WI 53704 · (608) 204-4360 · Dane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- FTest 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
8.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
211 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 82 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 118 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 33% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +12.8pp since 2023
Math
25.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.3% | 25.9% |
| 2023-24 | 21.5% | 19.1% |
% 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Black Hawk Middle
Black Hawk Middle's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk Middle this school | 300 | 70.3% | 26.9% |
| Franklin Middle Green Bay | 560 | 71.6% | 24.1% |
| Sherman Middle Madison | 400 | 60.0% | 32.1% |
| Whitehorse Middle Madison | 415 | 59.0% | 34.6% |
| Wedgewood Park School Milwaukee | 541 | 77.6% | 27.0% |
| James Wright Middle Madison | 245 | 68.2% | 32.1% |
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 Black Hawk Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #309 of 323 | #33 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #310 of 327 ▲ 7 | #32 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #301 of 327 ▲ 16 | #32 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #205 of 389 | #26 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #2 of 265 | #1 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.9% | #1 of 265 | #1 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #19 of 323 | #1 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #25 of 176 | #3 of 18 |
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
300
-106 (-26%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 300 | 34.4 | 8.7:1 | 70% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 24.5 | 15.3:1 | 66% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 34.1 | 10.5:1 | 72% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 36 | 11.3:1 | 77% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 36.4 | 10.9:1 | 70% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 68% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 62% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 47 | 12.3:1 | 30% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 44 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Black Hawk Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (396 to 300); teachers down 5% (36.4 to 34.4).
About Black Hawk Middle
Black Hawk Middle runs as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has 300 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Wisconsin have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 21% lower.
Madison Metropolitan School District counts 25,155 students in its 53 schools, and Black Hawk Middle is one of them.
The biggest share of students at Black Hawk Middle, 31%, is Black. Other reported shares: 24% Hispanic, 22% White, 12% Asian, and 10% multiracial. That compares with about 5% Black among all Dane County residents. The diversity index for Black Hawk Middle is 77%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 34.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.7:1. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 70% of students at Black Hawk Middle are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 32% for public schools in Dane County.
Black Hawk Middle holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
Black Hawk 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 26.9% and a predicted 34.5%.
For the population of Dane County, median household income comes to about $89,975, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dane County counts 169 public schools with about 78,525 students.
Gompers Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from Black Hawk Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Black Hawk Middle places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 26% decline, from 406 to 300. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.3:1 in 2020-21, and 8.7:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Black Hawk Middle can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison Metropolitan School District
- West HighHigh · 2,222 students
- Vel Phillips Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- East HighHigh · 1,643 students
- LaFollette HighHigh · 1,541 students
- Hamilton MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other schools in Madison
- West HighHigh · 2,222 students
- Vel Phillips Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- East HighHigh · 1,643 students
- LaFollette HighHigh · 1,541 students
- Hamilton MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other Black Hawk Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Black Hawk Middle. Black Hawk Middle is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Black Hawk MiddleSouth Wayne, WI · 76 students
- BLACK HAWK MIDDLEEAGAN, MN · 889 students
- BLACK HAWK MIDDLEWARRENTON, MO · 696 students
Nearby schools
- Gompers Elementary0.1 mi · 217
- Lake View Elementary0.9 mi · 292
- Lindbergh Elementary1.0 mi · 180
- Mendota Elementary1.0 mi · 282
- Central Wisconsin Center1.3 mi · 1
- Mendota Mental Health Institution1.9 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About Black Hawk MiddleHow large is Black Hawk Middle?
Black Hawk Middle enrolls approximately 300 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Black Hawk Middle serve?
Black Hawk Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Black Hawk Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Black Hawk Middle is approximately 8.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Black Hawk Middle?
At Black Hawk Middle, the student body is approximately 22% White, 24% Hispanic, 31% Black, 12% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Black Hawk Middle public or private?
Black Hawk Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison Metropolitan School District.
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