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Alumni: what's one memory from Horning Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
534
Middle
DISTRICT 622 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUKESHA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551578002015
Horning Middle
1809 Butler Dr, Waukesha, WI 53186 · (262) 970-3305 · Waukesha County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- 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
11.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
293 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 173 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 174 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
44.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
45.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 42.3% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Horning Middle
Horning Middle's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horning Middle this school | 534 | 54.9% | 40.8% |
| Cherokee Heights Middle Madison | 526 | 48.3% | 38.6% |
| Sennett Middle Madison | 570 | 52.6% | 33.9% |
| Sabish Middle Fond du Lac | 445 | 57.3% | 53.7% |
| South Milwaukee Middle South Milwaukee | 610 | 53.3% | 35.9% |
| Greenfield Middle Greenfield | 704 | 53.4% | 44.6% |
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 Horning Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #277 of 323 | #17 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #262 of 327 ▲ 7 | #17 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #259 of 327 ▲ 31 | #17 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #114 of 389 | #15 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #38 of 265 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #28 of 265 | #1 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #57 of 323 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #19 of 176 | #2 of 13 |
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
534
-90 (-14%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 831
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 534 | 47.8 | 11.2:1 | 55% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 49.2 | 11.4:1 | 54% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 54.2 | 11.4:1 | 55% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 56 | 11.1:1 | 55% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 59 | 12.5:1 | 47% (344) |
| 2015-16 | 750 | 57 | 13.2:1 | 53% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 788 | 54 | 14.6:1 | 39% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 13% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 831 | 59 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horning Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (737 to 534); teachers down 19% (59 to 47.8).
About Horning Middle
Horning Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Waukesha, Wisconsin. It enrolled 534 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Wisconsin average about 381 students each.
Waukesha School District has 27 schools; together they serve 10,922 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Horning Middle. The largest is White students, at 42%. The next largest groups are 39% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Waukesha County overall, about 87% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Horning Middle is 47.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.2:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Around 55% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 17% average among public schools in Waukesha County.
allk12 grades Horning Middle a C-. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 44.0%.
Horning Middle is located in Waukesha County, where the median household income is $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Horning Middle is one of 113 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Banting Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Horning Middle is 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Horning Middle is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, Horning Middle's enrollment declined 14%, to 534.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waukesha School District
- West HighHigh · 1,167 students
- North HighHigh · 911 students
- South HighHigh · 833 students
- Butler MiddleMiddle · 786 students
- eAchieve Academy - WisconsinHigh · 639 students
- Waukesha STEM AcademyElementary · 580 students
Other schools in Waukesha
- West HighHigh · 1,167 students
- North HighHigh · 911 students
- South HighHigh · 833 students
- Butler MiddleMiddle · 786 students
- eAchieve Academy - WisconsinHigh · 639 students
- Waukesha STEM AcademyElementary · 580 students
Nearby schools
- Banting Elementary0.1 mi · 486
- Hillcrest Elementary1.0 mi · 239
- Waukesha East Alternative School1.3 mi · 74
- Waukesha Transition Academy1.3 mi · 36
- White Rock Campus1.3 mi · 167
- White Rock School1.3 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About Horning MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Horning Middle?
Horning Middle enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Horning Middle serve?
Horning Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Horning Middle?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Horning Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Horning Middle?
At Horning Middle, the student body is approximately 42% White, 39% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Horning Middle public or private?
Horning Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Waukesha School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.