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Enrollment
754
Middle
DISTRICT 725 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENOSHA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550732000802
Bullen Middle
2804 39th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53144 · (262) 359-4460 · Kenosha County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.0:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
521 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 256 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 280 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 218 | 29% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
33.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
31.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 27.7% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Bullen Middle
Bullen Middle's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullen Middle this school | 754 | 69.1% | 32.2% |
| Aldrich Intermediate Beloit | 521 | 66.4% | 25.4% |
| Fran Fruzen Intermediate Beloit | 490 | 72.7% | 23.4% |
| West Milwaukee Intermediate West Milwaukee | 378 | 76.7% | 33.3% |
| Washington Middle Kenosha | 545 | 82.2% | 21.2% |
| Washington Middle Green Bay | 688 | 74.9% | 14.4% |
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 Bullen Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #304 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #301 of 327 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #305 of 327 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #43 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #131 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #22 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #20 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #28 of 79 |
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
754
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 754 | 57.9 | 13.0:1 | 69% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 54.9 | 12.4:1 | 61% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 693 | 55 | 12.6:1 | 75% (519) |
| 2020-21 | 768 | 57 | 13.5:1 | 77% (592) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 53.3 | 12.7:1 | 67% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 65% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 53% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 881 | 59 | 14.9:1 | 27% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 651 | 49 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bullen Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (677 to 754); teachers up 9% (53.3 to 57.9).
About Bullen Middle
Bullen Middle is a middle school in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to federal school records. It teaches 754 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin enroll about 381 students on average.
Bullen Middle is one school in a 41-school district, Kenosha School District, which enrolls 20,297 students.
The biggest share of students at Bullen Middle, 45%, is Hispanic. Next come 29% White, 19% Black, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 15% Hispanic among all Kenosha County residents. The diversity index for Bullen Middle is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Bullen Middle lists 57.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.0 students per teacher. The average ratio among middle schools in Wisconsin is similar, at 12.8:1. About 69% of students at Bullen Middle are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points above the 48% average for public schools in Kenosha County.
On the allk12 Grade, Bullen Middle lands at D, ahead of 10% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bullen Middle is -3.0 points: 32.2% actual, 35.3% predicted.
The school's county is Kenosha County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $81,239, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 56 public schools in the county, enrolling about 27,114, Bullen Middle among them.
Bullen Middle's closest public school neighbor is Hillcrest School, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Bullen Middle ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 768 to 754.
The allk12 page for Bullen Middle lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Kenosha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
168,438
Census ACS
Median income
$81,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
27,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenosha School District
- Indian Trail High School and AcademyHigh · 1,902 students
- Bradford HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Tremper HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Mahone MiddleMiddle · 1,025 students
- Lakeview K-8 AcademyElementary · 988 students
- Lance MiddleMiddle · 899 students
Other schools in Kenosha
- Indian Trail High School and AcademyHigh · 1,902 students
- Bradford HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Tremper HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Mahone MiddleMiddle · 1,025 students
- Lakeview K-8 AcademyElementary · 988 students
- Lance MiddleMiddle · 899 students
Nearby schools
- Hillcrest School0.5 mi · 108
- Bradford High0.6 mi · 1,453
- Harvey Elementary1.3 mi · 322
- Grant Elementary1.4 mi · 289
- Edward Bain School - Creative Arts1.6 mi · 361
- Washington Middle1.6 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About Bullen MiddleHow large is Bullen Middle?
Bullen Middle enrolls approximately 754 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bullen Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bullen Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bullen Middle have?
Bullen Middle employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is Bullen Middle?
Bullen Middle reports a student body of 29% White, 45% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bullen Middle?
Bullen Middle is overseen by Kenosha School District in Kenosha County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.