Gibraltar Middle

Located at 3924 State Highway 42, in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, Gibraltar Middle is a very small junior high that caters to 92 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Gibraltar Area School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Gibraltar Middle sits 76% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Gibraltar Area School District (532 students total), Gibraltar Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Gibraltar Middle records that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Gibraltar Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Door County's rate of about 36%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gibraltar Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.6%; this one delivers 72.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Door County put median household earnings sit near $74,795, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Gibraltar Middle is one of 16 public schools in Door County (combined enrollment of about 3,203 students).

The closest other public school is Gibraltar Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gibraltar Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gibraltar Middle has shrank 7%, going from 99 students in 2018 to 92 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 16% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 in 2025.

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