Horning Middle

Set in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Horning Middle is a mid-tier middle school, part of Waukesha School District. It instructs 534 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Horning Middle sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Waukesha School District, which oversees 27 schools and 10,922 students, Horning Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Horning Middle shows that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 39% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Waukesha County runs at roughly 17%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Horning Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.0%, the actual is 40.8%, a residual of -3.2 points.

Across the wider county, Waukesha County reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,076 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Horning Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Banting Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Horning Middle comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Horning Middle has edged down 28%, going from 737 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 52% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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