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What's something Glen Hills Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
483
Middle
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE-RIVER HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550546000575
Glen Hills Middle
2600 W Mill Rd, Glendale, WI 53209 · (414) 351-7160 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
11.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
188 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 4 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 19% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Glendale-River Hills School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
49.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.6% | 51.2% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Glen Hills Middle
Glen Hills Middle's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hills Middle this school | 483 | 38.9% | 51.3% |
| Whitman Middle Wauwatosa | 570 | 33.2% | 53.1% |
| O'Keeffe Middle Madison | 434 | 42.9% | 60.4% |
| Central Heights Middle Sun Prairie | 560 | 33.9% | 52.2% |
| Toki Middle Madison | 487 | 46.0% | 50.3% |
| Whitehorse Middle Madison | 415 | 59.0% | 34.6% |
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 Glen Hills Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #217 of 323 | #12 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #229 of 327 ▼ 14 | #12 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #229 of 327 ▼ 34 | #13 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #127 of 389 | #13 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #36 of 265 | #5 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #16 of 265 | #2 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #144 of 323 | #17 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #91 of 176 | #10 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
483
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 483 | 43.5 | 11.1:1 | 39% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 47 | 10.4:1 | 36% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 45.5 | 10.7:1 | 37% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 41 | 12.1:1 | 43% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 42.5 | 12.9:1 | 33% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 32% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 29% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 18% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 35 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glen Hills Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (548 to 483); teachers up 2% (42.5 to 43.5).
About Glen Hills Middle
Glen Hills Middle is a middle school in Glendale, Wisconsin, and it is part of Glendale-River Hills School District. Its enrollment is 483 students, spread over grades 4 through 8. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average enrollment is about 381.
The 2 schools of Glendale-River Hills School District, including Glen Hills Middle, enroll 973 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Glen Hills Middle is White, with 38% of students. The remaining shares are 35% Black, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Milwaukee County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
Glen Hills Middle has 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 1.7 students per teacher. At Glen Hills Middle, 39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
Among Wisconsin public middle schools, Glen Hills Middle outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.8% for Glen Hills Middle. The school posts 51.3%, 2.5 points below the prediction.
Milwaukee County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $64,435, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Milwaukee County's 284 public schools enroll about 122,496 students and include Glen Hills Middle.
About 0.8 miles separate Glen Hills Middle from the closest public school, Thurston Woods Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Glen Hills Middle is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Glen Hills Middle enrolled 496 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 483. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.1:1 to 11.1:1.
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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 Glendale-River Hills School District
- Parkway ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Other schools in Glendale
- Nicolet HighHigh · 1,043 students
- Parkway ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Thurston Woods Elementary0.8 mi · 256
- Parkway Elementary1.1 mi · 490
- Hawthorne Elementary1.1 mi · 259
- Nicolet High1.4 mi · 1,043
- Green Tree Preparatory Academy1.7 mi · 535
- Pratt Elementary1.8 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Glen Hills MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Glen Hills Middle?
Glen Hills Middle enrolls approximately 483 students in grades 04-08.
What age range does Glen Hills Middle serve?
Glen Hills Middle serves students from grade 04 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Glen Hills Middle have?
Glen Hills Middle employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glen Hills Middle?
At Glen Hills Middle, the student body is approximately 38% White, 13% Hispanic, 35% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Glen Hills Middle public or private?
Glen Hills Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Glendale-River Hills School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.