Neenah Middle School

Neenah Middle School is a middle school of large scale in Neenah, Wisconsin, operated by Neenah Joint School District, educateing 1,913 students in grades 4 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Neenah Middle School sits 402% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Neenah Joint School District, which oversees 12 schools and 6,662 students, Neenah Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Neenah Middle School reports that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 132 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Neenah Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Winnebago County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Neenah Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Winnebago County indicate median household income runs about $74,925, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Neenah Middle School is one of 56 public schools in Winnebago County (combined enrollment of about 22,271 students).

Tullar Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Neenah Middle School. On composite proficiency, Neenah Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 97%: 972 students in 2018 compared to 1,913 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.