Einstein Middle

Einstein Middle is one of the big 6-8 campuss in Appleton, Wisconsin, overseen by Appleton Area School District, with 851 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 123% larger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Within Appleton Area School District, which oversees 38 schools and 14,994 students, Einstein Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Einstein Middle reports that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Einstein Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Einstein Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.9%, the actual is 58.6%, a residual of -1.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Outagamie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,069 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Einstein Middle is one of 73 public schools in Outagamie County (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students).

Classical School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Einstein Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Einstein Middle at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 58.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 64%: 518 students in 2018 compared to 851 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 76%.

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