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Enrollment
247
Middle
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUDAHY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550306002389
Cudahy Middle
5530 S Barland Ave, Cudahy, WI 53110 · (414) 294-2830 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
155 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 7 | 126 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 49% |
Student demographics
63%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
Students here typically continue to
Cudahy Middle→Cudahy High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cudahy School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
32.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 32.6% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Cudahy Middle
Cudahy Middle's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cudahy Middle this school | 247 | 62.8% | 35.3% |
| Sabish Middle Fond du Lac | 445 | 57.3% | 53.7% |
| Franklin Middle Janesville | 486 | 66.5% | 34.4% |
| Colby Middle Colby | 204 | 59.8% | 34.7% |
| Wisconsin Dells Middle School Wisconsin Dells | 374 | 58.3% | 55.4% |
| Tri-County Middle Plainfield | 134 | 60.4% | 43.0% |
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 Cudahy Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #295 of 323 | #17 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #300 of 327 ▼ 4 | #18 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #294 of 327 ▲ 13 | #18 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #236 of 389 | #22 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #25 of 265 | #3 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #39 of 265 | #9 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.8% | #27 of 323 | #11 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -51.6% | #4 of 176 | #3 of 20 |
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
247
-251 (-50%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 247 | 23 | 10.7:1 | 63% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 25 | 10.5:1 | 63% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 37.7 | 11.1:1 | 65% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 42.6 | 12.0:1 | 54% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 41% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 29 | 12.4:1 | 52% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 32% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 60 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cudahy Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 52% (510 to 247); teachers down 46% (42.6 to 23).
About Cudahy Middle
Located in Cudahy, Wisconsin, Cudahy Middle is a low-enrollment middle school. There are 247 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 8. The school is 35% below the average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Within Cudahy School District, Cudahy Middle is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 1,985 students.
About 52% of the student body at Cudahy Middle is White. Other groups make up 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Milwaukee County residents are about 51% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
Its staff includes 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.7 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin, 12.8:1, is higher. Cudahy Middle has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 63%. The figure for public schools in Milwaukee County is close, at 64%.
Cudahy Middle earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cudahy Middle's results are 3.8 points below predicted: 35.3% against 39.1%.
In the wider Milwaukee County area, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Milwaukee County, 284 public schools serve about 122,496 students.
Of the public schools around it, Cudahy Middle is closest to Mitchell Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Cudahy Middle is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment figures are 498 for 2020-21 and 247 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.9:1 in 2020-21, and 10.7:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Cudahy School District
- Cudahy HighHigh · 644 students
- Mitchell ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 312 students
- Kosciuszko ElementaryElementary · 208 students
- Jones ElementaryElementary · 171 students
Other schools in Cudahy
- Cudahy HighHigh · 644 students
- Mitchell ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 312 students
- Kosciuszko ElementaryElementary · 208 students
- Jones ElementaryElementary · 171 students
Nearby schools
- Mitchell Elementary0.6 mi · 403
- Kosciuszko Elementary0.7 mi · 208
- Jones Elementary0.8 mi · 171
- Cudahy High1.2 mi · 644
- Lincoln Elementary1.5 mi · 312
- South Milwaukee High1.5 mi · 920
Frequently asked questions
About Cudahy MiddleHow many students attend Cudahy Middle?
Cudahy Middle enrolls approximately 247 students in grades 07-08.
Is Cudahy Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cudahy Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Cudahy Middle?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Cudahy Middle.
What is the student diversity at Cudahy Middle?
Student demographics at Cudahy Middle are roughly 52% White, 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Cudahy Middle in?
Cudahy Middle is part of Cudahy School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.