Enrollment
185
Middle
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEWAUNEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550741001726
Kewaunee Middle
921 3rd St, Kewaunee, WI 54216 · (920) 388-2458 · Kewaunee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- C-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
10.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
70 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 34% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Kewaunee Middle→Kewaunee High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kewaunee School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
54.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.9% | 53.3% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Kewaunee Middle
Kewaunee Middle's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kewaunee Middle this school | 185 | 37.8% | 48.0% |
| Markesan Middle Markesan | 161 | 37.9% | 54.5% |
| Little Chute Intermediate Little Chute | 215 | 37.7% | 57.0% |
| Bonduel Middle Bonduel | 212 | 37.7% | 55.8% |
| Eleva-Strum Middle Strum | 144 | 34.7% | 49.6% |
| Fennimore Middle Fennimore | 186 | 41.9% | 63.1% |
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 Kewaunee Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #243 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #197 of 327 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #261 of 327 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #270 of 389 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #153 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #54 of 176 |
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
185
-19 (-9%) vs 2020
-75% since 2000-01, when it was 732
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 185 | 17.9 | 10.3:1 | 38% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 17 | 11.1:1 | 44% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 175 | 17.1 | 10.2:1 | 39% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 204 | 15 | 13.6:1 | 41% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 17.6 | 12.7:1 | 31% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 235 | 17 | 13.8:1 | 31% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 203 | 14 | 14.5:1 | 18% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 732 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 14% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kewaunee Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (223 to 185); teachers up 2% (17.6 to 17.9).
About Kewaunee Middle
Kewaunee Middle is a small middle school in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. The school enrolls 185 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Wisconsin) has about 381 students.
Kewaunee Middle is one school in a 3-school district, Kewaunee School District, which enrolls 861 students.
Most students at Kewaunee Middle are White: 86% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 10% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Kewaunee Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
The school has about 10.3 students per teacher and 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 38%. For comparison, public schools in Kewaunee County average 26%.
Measured against Wisconsin public middle schools, Kewaunee Middle receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Wisconsin, Kewaunee Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.0% actual against a predicted 54.4%.
Census estimates describe Kewaunee County this way: median household income is about $82,725, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Kewaunee County number 10 and enroll about 3,505.
Kewaunee Elementary is the public school closest to Kewaunee Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Kewaunee Middle has 2 other public schools within five miles. Kewaunee Middle's average proficiency of 48.0% compares with 54.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 185, 9% below the 204 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 13.6:1 to 10.3:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Kewaunee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,664
Census ACS
Median income
$82,725
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,505 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kewaunee School District
- Kewaunee ElementaryElementary · 392 students
- Kewaunee HighHigh · 284 students
Other schools in Kewaunee
- Kewaunee ElementaryElementary · 392 students
- Kewaunee HighHigh · 284 students
Nearby schools
- Kewaunee Elementary0.0 mi · 392
- Kewaunee High0.1 mi · 284
- Algoma Venture Academy10.6 mi · 35
- Algoma High10.6 mi · 287
- Luxemburg-Casco High11.1 mi · 661
- Luxemburg-Casco Middle11.1 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Kewaunee MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Kewaunee Middle?
Kewaunee Middle enrolls approximately 185 students in grades 06-08.
Is Kewaunee Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kewaunee Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Kewaunee Middle have?
Kewaunee Middle employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Kewaunee Middle?
Student demographics at Kewaunee Middle are roughly 86% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Kewaunee Middle?
Kewaunee Middle is overseen by Kewaunee School District in Kewaunee County.
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