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What tradition at Lake Geneva Middle should never be changed?
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Enrollment
551
Middle
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE GENEVA J1 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550762000881
Lake Geneva Middle
600 N Bloomfield Rd, Lake Geneva, WI 53147 · (262) 348-3000 · Walworth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
205 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 170 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 171 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 38% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Based on grade levels within Lake Geneva J1 School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
62.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.4% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 63.6% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Lake Geneva Middle
Lake Geneva Middle's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Geneva Middle this school | 551 | 37.2% | 64.2% |
| Les Paul Middle Waukesha | 547 | 36.0% | 60.8% |
| Riverside Middle Watertown | 616 | 44.5% | 47.1% |
| Monroe Middle Monroe | 483 | 41.4% | 57.9% |
| Jefferson Middle Jefferson | 349 | 41.3% | 55.5% |
| Turner Middle Beloit | 381 | 38.6% | 56.9% |
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 Lake Geneva Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Walworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #101 of 323 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #135 of 327 ▼ 7 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #81 of 327 ▲ 9 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #103 of 389 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #147 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #107 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #159 of 323 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #55 of 176 | N/A |
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
551
-67 (-11%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 551 | 41.3 | 13.4:1 | 37% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 41.8 | 14.4:1 | 38% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 43.1 | 14.3:1 | 40% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 44% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 49.4 | 13.4:1 | 39% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 691 | 49 | 14.1:1 | 49% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 53% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 35% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 27 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Geneva Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (662 to 551); teachers down 16% (49.4 to 41.3).
About Lake Geneva Middle
Lake Geneva Middle is a middle school in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and it is part of Lake Geneva J1 School District. Federal data show 551 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 381 students for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Lake Geneva Middle belongs to Lake Geneva J1 School District, a district of 5 schools and 1,683 students.
The share of White students at Lake Geneva Middle is 71%, a majority. It is also 27% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Walworth County is roughly 85% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
With 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.4:1. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Lake Geneva Middle, 37% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 37% average for public schools in Walworth County.
Among Wisconsin public middle schools, Lake Geneva Middle outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Lake Geneva Middle posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.2%, compared with a predicted 54.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Walworth County, where the median household earns about $80,520 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Lake Geneva Middle shares Walworth County with 45 other public schools.
About 0.3 miles separate Lake Geneva Middle from the closest public school, New Visions Charter School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Lake Geneva Middle places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 11%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.4 to 13.4 over 4 years.
Lake Geneva Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Walworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,657
Census ACS
Median income
$80,520
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
14,383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Geneva J1 School District
- Central - Denison ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Star Center ElementaryElementary · 339 students
- Eastview ElementaryElementary · 257 students
- Maple Park Charter SchoolElementary · 14 students
Other schools in Lake Geneva
- Badger HighHigh · 1,240 students
- Central - Denison ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Star Center ElementaryElementary · 339 students
- Eastview ElementaryElementary · 257 students
- Reek ElementaryElementary · 176 students
- Woods ElementaryElementary · 148 students
Nearby schools
- New Visions Charter School0.3 mi · 31
- Badger High0.3 mi · 1,240
- Eastview Elementary1.8 mi · 257
- Central - Denison Elementary1.9 mi · 522
- Maple Park Charter School3.0 mi · 14
- Star Center Elementary3.0 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Geneva MiddleHow large is Lake Geneva Middle?
Lake Geneva Middle enrolls approximately 551 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lake Geneva Middle serve?
Lake Geneva Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lake Geneva Middle?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Lake Geneva Middle.
How diverse is Lake Geneva Middle?
Lake Geneva Middle reports a student body of 71% White, 27% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Geneva Middle?
Lake Geneva Middle is overseen by Lake Geneva J1 School District in Walworth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.