Bullen Middle

Bullen Middle operates as a sprawling middle school in Kenosha, Wisconsin, operated by Kenosha School District. Current enrollment sits at 754 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 98% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Kenosha School District comprises 41 schools with combined enrollment of 20,297 students; Bullen Middle is among them.

Demographically, Bullen Middle reports that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 29% White, 19% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Kenosha County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Bullen Middle has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kenosha County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bullen Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kenosha County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,239, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Kenosha County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,114 students), of which Bullen Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hillcrest School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bullen Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bullen Middle at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 24.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 11%: 677 students in 2018 compared to 754 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 29% across the same window.

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