Kromrey Middle

Kromrey Middle, a heavily attended 6-8 campus in Middleton, Wisconsin, overseen by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, teaches 1,230 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Kromrey Middle sits 223% above that benchmark.

Within Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, which oversees 12 schools and 7,167 students, Kromrey Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Kromrey Middle reports that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Kromrey Middle shows 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dane County (around 32%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Kromrey Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.0%, the actual is 72.8%, a residual of +7.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Dane County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Kromrey Middle is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

Nearest neighbor: Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 4K, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kromrey Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 64.6%.

Kromrey Middle operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Kromrey Middle's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,192 (now 1,230). The White share of enrollment fell from 65% to 59% over that span.

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