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Kewaskum Middle
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Kewaskum Middle
Kewaskum Middle is one of the reasonably sized intermediate schools in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, run under Kewaskum School District, with 418 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.
Kewaskum School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,803 students. Kewaskum Middle is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Kewaskum Middle logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, Kewaskum Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.5%; this one delivers 68.6%.
Across the wider county, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $96,359, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washington County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,746 students), of which Kewaskum Middle is one.
Kewaskum High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kewaskum Middle at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 62.4%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 18%: 354 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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