New Berlin West Middle/High

New Berlin West Middle/High is a high school of sizable scale in New Berlin, Wisconsin, operated by New Berlin School District, educateing 1,036 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 118% above the state mean of about 475.

New Berlin School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,334 students; New Berlin West Middle/High is among them.

On the student-mix side, New Berlin West Middle/High lists that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Waukesha County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, New Berlin West Middle/High records 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Berlin West Middle/High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.5%, the actual is 72.4%, a residual of +4.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Waukesha County) logs that median household earnings sit near $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), New Berlin West Middle/High is one campus in the mix.

Poplar Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, New Berlin West Middle/High comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 72.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Berlin West Middle/High has edged down 7%, going from 1,119 students in 2018 to 1,036 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 6% to 13%.

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