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Enrollment
790
Middle
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000966
Hamilton Middle
4801 Waukesha St, Madison, WI 53705 · (608) 204-4620 · Dane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
14.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
153 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 6 | 272 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 259 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
69.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.6% | 69.5% |
| 2023-24 | 72.7% | 73.0% |
% 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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Hamilton Middle
Hamilton Middle's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Middle this school | 790 | 19.4% | 72.5% |
| North Middle Menomonee Falls | 804 | 18.9% | 63.5% |
| Forest Park Middle Franklin | 1,056 | 20.9% | 67.0% |
| Kennedy Middle Germantown | 865 | 13.9% | 60.5% |
| Templeton Middle Sussex | 766 | 13.4% | 79.5% |
| Patrick Marsh Middle Sun Prairie | 581 | 29.1% | 54.9% |
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 Hamilton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #40 of 323 | #5 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #85 of 327 ▼ 33 | #7 of 33 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #41 of 327 ▼ 11 | #4 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #33 of 389 | #4 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #212 of 265 | #29 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #57 of 265 | #17 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #265 of 323 | #25 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #176 of 176 | #18 of 18 |
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
790
+65 (+9%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 790 | 54.5 | 14.5:1 | 19% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 768 | 50.2 | 15.3:1 | 17% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 725 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 17% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 725 | 53 | 13.7:1 | 20% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 55.8 | 14.2:1 | 18% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 869 | 57 | 15.3:1 | 18% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 21% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 770 | 55 | 14.0:1 | 29% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 759 | 59 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (792 to 790); teachers down 2% (55.8 to 54.5).
About Hamilton Middle
Hamilton Middle is a large middle school in Madison, Wisconsin, one of the schools in Madison Metropolitan School District. There are 790 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 107% above the 381-student average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
District-wide, Madison Metropolitan School District has 53 schools and 25,155 students.
White students are 64% of those enrolled at Hamilton Middle. The remaining shares are 9% Asian, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 7% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Dane County's population at about 77%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 54.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.5:1. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Roughly 19% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Dane County is 32%.
Hamilton Middle holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
A school with Hamilton Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 65.8%. Hamilton Middle scores 72.5%, 6.7 points above that line.
In the wider Dane County area, median household income comes to about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Dane County counts 169 public schools with about 78,525 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Van Hise Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Hamilton Middle places 3rd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment increased 9% over 4 years, reaching 790 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Hamilton Middle, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison Metropolitan School District
- West HighHigh · 2,222 students
- Vel Phillips Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- East HighHigh · 1,643 students
- LaFollette HighHigh · 1,541 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 631 students
- Leopold ElementaryElementary · 626 students
Other schools in Madison
- West HighHigh · 2,222 students
- Vel Phillips Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- East HighHigh · 1,643 students
- LaFollette HighHigh · 1,541 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 631 students
- Leopold ElementaryElementary · 626 students
Other Hamilton Middle schools
11 other US public schools in 11 states are named Hamilton Middle. Hamilton Middle is the 3rd largest of the 12.
- Hamilton Middle SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 1,474 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 911 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolDENVER, CO · 775 students
- Hamilton MiddleLong Beach, CA · 748 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolHAMILTON, MI · 707 students
Nearby schools
- Van Hise Elementary0.1 mi · 396
- Midvale Elementary0.7 mi · 372
- Capital High1.0 mi · 129
- Stephens Elementary1.0 mi · 447
- Shorewood Hills Elementary1.3 mi · 368
- Spring Harbor Middle1.3 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton MiddleHow many students attend Hamilton Middle?
Hamilton Middle enrolls approximately 790 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hamilton Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hamilton Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Hamilton Middle?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Hamilton Middle.
What is the student diversity at Hamilton Middle?
Student demographics at Hamilton Middle are roughly 64% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 9% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Hamilton Middle in?
Hamilton Middle is part of Madison Metropolitan School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.