Madison Middle

As a high-enrollment intermediate school in Appleton, Wisconsin, Madison Middle enrolls 929 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Appleton Area School District. That puts it 144% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Appleton Area School District runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 14,994 students. Madison Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Madison Middle records that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder is composed of 15% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Madison Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Calumet County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Madison Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 47.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Calumet County shows median household income runs about $88,810, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Madison Middle is one of 22 public schools in Calumet County (combined enrollment of about 6,846 students).

The closest other public school is McKinley Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison Middle. On composite proficiency, Madison Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.4%.

Madison Middle operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Madison Middle's enrollment has expanded 39% since 2018, when it stood at 666 (now 929). White enrollment moved from 69% to 61% across the same window.

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