Kiel Middle

Set in Kiel, Wisconsin, Kiel Middle is a moderately sized intermediate school, one of the schools within Kiel Area School District. It educates 338 students across grades 5 through 8.

Kiel Middle is one of 5 schools operated by Kiel Area School District, a district that enrolls 1,299 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kiel Middle reports that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest looks like 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Manitowoc County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 19% of students at Kiel Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Manitowoc County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kiel Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.0%; this one delivers 70.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Manitowoc County put median household income runs about $69,148, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Kiel Middle is one of 30 public schools in Manitowoc County (combined enrollment of about 10,090 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kiel eSchool, around 0.0 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kiel Middle comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Kiel Middle's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 338). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.