Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle
Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle is one of the low-enrollment intermediate schools in Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, part of Cedar Grove-Belgium Area School District, with 252 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.
Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle is one of 4 schools operated by Cedar Grove-Belgium Area School District, a district that caters to 850 students overall.
Demographically, Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Sheboygan County's rate of about 45%.
After controlling for student poverty, Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 63.8%; actual is 77.5%, +13.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sheboygan County) shows that median household income runs about $73,094, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle is one of 52 public schools in Sheboygan County (combined enrollment of about 17,340 students).
The closest other public school is Cedar Grove-Belgium Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 64.5%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 305 students in 2018 compared to 252 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 85% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.
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