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Enrollment
904
High
DISTRICT 807 · STATE 475
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWN DEER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550180000230
Brown Deer Middle/High
8060 N 60th St, Brown Deer, WI 53223 · (414) 371-7000 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL904 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Wisconsin public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
499 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 124 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 139 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 118 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 124 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 144 | 16% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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 Brown Deer School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 35.2% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Brown Deer Middle/High
Brown Deer Middle/High's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Deer Middle/High this school | 904 | 55.2% | 39.3% |
| King International Milwaukee | 1,308 | 67.0% | 25.7% |
| Milwaukee High School of the Arts Milwaukee | 959 | 76.2% | 18.6% |
| Riverside High Milwaukee | 1,240 | 76.8% | 14.6% |
| Milwaukee School of Languages Milwaukee | 964 | 53.9% | 29.6% |
| East High Madison | 1,643 | 57.9% | 25.7% |
Matched among Wisconsin high 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 Brown Deer Middle/High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #287 of 402 | #10 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #38 of 64 ▲ 8 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #37 of 64 no change | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 904 | #105 of 532 | #21 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #62 of 325 | #2 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #39 of 325 | #14 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.2% | #60 of 418 | #33 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.5% | #18 of 128 | #3 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high 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
904
+64 (+8%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 904 | 71.4 | 12.7:1 | 55% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 925 | 68.8 | 13.4:1 | 56% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 944 | 69.4 | 13.6:1 | 53% (501) |
| 2020-21 | 840 | 65 | 12.9:1 | 54% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 60.3 | 12.3:1 | 43% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 62 | 12.6:1 | 46% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 30% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 12% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | 41 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brown Deer Middle/High.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (744 to 904); teachers up 18% (60.3 to 71.4).
About Brown Deer Middle/High
Brown Deer Middle/High is a large high school for students in Brown Deer, Wisconsin. In all, 904 students attend the school in grades 6 through 12. That puts enrollment 90% bigger than the 475-student average for high schools in Wisconsin.
Brown Deer Middle/High falls under Brown Deer School District, which has 2 schools enrolling 1,613 students.
About 58% of the student body at Brown Deer Middle/High is Black. The remaining students are 14% Asian, 12% White, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Milwaukee County, the Black share is about 26%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Brown Deer Middle/High, there are about 12.7 students; the school has 71.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Wisconsin, 14.6:1, is higher. There are 499 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 55% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
Among Wisconsin public high schools, Brown Deer Middle/High outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Brown Deer Middle/High's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.3% is 4.5 points below the 43.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Milwaukee County show that the median household earns about $64,435 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Milwaukee County, 284 public schools serve about 122,496 students.
Measured in a straight line, Thoreau Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Brown Deer Middle/High. The five-mile area around Brown Deer Middle/High holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 19.0% proficiency; Brown Deer Middle/High posts 39.3%.
The NCES locale for Brown Deer Middle/High is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 840 (2020-21) to 904 (2024-25).
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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 Brown Deer School District
- Brown Deer ElementaryElementary · 709 students
Nearby schools
- Thoreau Elementary0.3 mi · 353
- Brown Deer Elementary0.3 mi · 709
- Green Tree Preparatory Academy1.6 mi · 535
- Barton Elementary1.6 mi · 283
- Hawthorne Elementary1.7 mi · 259
- Darrell Lynn Hines Academy2.2 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About Brown Deer Middle/HighWhat is the total enrollment at Brown Deer Middle/High?
Brown Deer Middle/High enrolls approximately 904 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Brown Deer Middle/High serve?
Brown Deer Middle/High serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Brown Deer Middle/High?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Brown Deer Middle/High.
How diverse is Brown Deer Middle/High?
Brown Deer Middle/High reports a student body of 12% White, 9% Hispanic, 58% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Brown Deer Middle/High in?
Brown Deer Middle/High is part of Brown Deer School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.