New Holstein Middle
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About New Holstein Middle
New Holstein Middle operates as an intimate 6-8 campus in New Holstein, Wisconsin, operated by New Holstein School District. Current enrollment sits at 235 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 381.
Within New Holstein School District, which oversees 3 schools and 981 students, New Holstein Middle is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, New Holstein Middle reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Calumet County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Holstein Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.5%; this one delivers 65.3%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Calumet County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,810 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Calumet County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,846 students), of which New Holstein Middle is one.
Nearest neighbor: New Holstein High, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around New Holstein Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Holstein Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.5%.
New Holstein Middle operates from a rural location.
Trend over the last 7 years. New Holstein Middle's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 233 (now 235). The White share of enrollment decreased from 91% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for New Holstein Middle typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Calumet County at a glance
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