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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550957001119

Milton Middle

20 E Madison Ave, Milton, WI 53563 · (608) 868-9350 · Rock County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
Enrollment
509
Middle
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
111 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 726652%
Grade 824348%
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
44688%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
347%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Asian
71%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
153%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
25450%
Female
25149%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Milton Middle→Milton High
Feeds from
Northside Intermediate04–06
Based on grade levels within Milton School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
66.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
63.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.2pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2566.2%63.2%
2023-2458.3%63.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Milton Middle

Milton Middle's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Milton Middle this school50921.8%61.5%
Somerset Middle
Somerset
41522.9%66.2%
West Salem Middle
West Salem
53423.2%68.8%
Fox River Middle
Waterford
51018.4%68.2%
Viking Middle
Woodville
37523.5%60.4%
Osceola Middle
Osceola
39823.6%71.6%
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 Milton Middle ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Rock County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
61.5%#128 of 323#3 of 12
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
63.2%#127 of 327
▲ 1
#3 of 12
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
66.2%#72 of 327
▲ 51
#2 of 12
▲ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
509#121 of 389#5 of 12
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.4:1#236 of 265#7 of 10
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
21.5%#215 of 265#10 of 10
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
21.8%#256 of 323#11 of 12
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-3.4%#152 of 176#6 of 6
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 2024-25
Enrollment
509
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2550933.115.4:122% (111)
2023-2450433.714.9:122% (109)
2022-2351134.714.7:122% (112)
2020-214993215.6:125% (125)
2017-1852733.615.7:118% (97)
2015-165523217.3:125% (140)
2010-114723115.2:123% (107)
2000-014593214.3:111% (50)
1990-915693914.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milton Middle.

Since 2017-18: students down 3% (527 to 509); teachers down 1% (33.6 to 33.1).

About Milton Middle

Milton Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Milton, Wisconsin, under Milton School District. It enrolls 509 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. It has 34% more students than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin (about 381).

Milton Middle belongs to Milton School District, a district of 7 schools and 3,461 students.

Milton Middle is 88% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Milton Middle scores 21%.

There are about 15.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Milton Middle, which has 33.1. Middle schools in Wisconsin average 12.8:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Milton Middle is about 22%. On average, public schools in Rock County report 47%.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Milton Middle is 2.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 61.5% actual, 64.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Wisconsin.

In the surrounding county, Rock County, median household income comes to about $75,673, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 65, with about 25,542 students.

Milton Middle's closest public school neighbor is Northside Intermediate, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Milton Middle ranks 5th on average proficiency.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 509, starting from 499.

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Rock County at a glance

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Population
164,350
Census ACS
Median income
$75,673
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
25,542 students

Quick facts

School name
Milton Middle
District
Milton School District
Address
20 E Madison Ave, Milton, WI 53563
Phone
(608) 868-9350
County
Rock County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–08
Total enrollment
509
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
15.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
111 (22%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
550957001119
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Milton School District
Other schools in Milton
Other Milton Middle schools

2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Milton Middle. Milton Middle is the 2nd largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About Milton Middle
How large is Milton Middle?
Milton Middle enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Milton Middle serve?
Milton Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Milton Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Milton Middle is approximately 15.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milton Middle?
At Milton Middle, the student body is approximately 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Milton Middle in?
Milton Middle is part of Milton School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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