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Enrollment
540
Middle
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW LONDON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551059001388
New London Middle
1000 W Washington St, New London, WI 54961 · (920) 982-8532 · Waupaca County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
219 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 126 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 127 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 140 | 26% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 54% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within New London School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
62.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.1% | 59.2% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 New London Middle
New London Middle's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New London Middle this school | 540 | 40.6% | 58.0% |
| Webb Middle Reedsburg | 572 | 40.9% | 54.0% |
| Medford Middle Medford | 566 | 41.3% | 46.9% |
| Wayne Bartels Middle Portage | 422 | 40.0% | 49.3% |
| Waupaca Middle Waupaca | 546 | 43.4% | 56.8% |
| Central Middle Hartford | 419 | 39.4% | 47.5% |
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 New London Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waupaca County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #160 of 323 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #136 of 327 ▲ 23 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #187 of 327 ▲ 24 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #110 of 389 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #142 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.4% | #161 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.6% | #135 of 323 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #41 of 176 | N/A |
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 2024-25Enrollment
540
-132 (-20%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 540 | 40.8 | 13.3:1 | 41% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 40.1 | 14.1:1 | 42% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 38.9 | 15.3:1 | 40% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 41% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 42.9 | 16.0:1 | 35% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 41 | 17.0:1 | 35% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 39% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 15% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 36 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New London Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (684 to 540); teachers down 5% (42.9 to 40.8).
About New London Middle
New London Middle is classified as a middle school. It is located in New London, Wisconsin. Its grade span covers grades 5 through 8, with 540 students on the rolls. Middle schools in Wisconsin average about 381 students, which makes this school 42% above average.
New London Middle is run by New London School District, whose 7 schools enroll 2,019 students.
The share of students at New London Middle who are White is 83%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Waupaca County residents are about 93% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 12.8:1. At New London Middle, 41% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Waupaca County average a similar 43%.
On the allk12 Grade, New London Middle lands at B, ahead of 62% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
New London Middle scores 58.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.8%.
In Waupaca County, the median household earns about $72,830 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Waupaca County has 26 public schools with about 7,466 students, including New London Middle.
New London Middle's closest public school neighbor is Catalyst Academy, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. New London Middle ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 58.0% against a local average of 59.6%.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, New London Middle enrolled 672 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 540. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.3:1) than in 2020-21 (15.6:1).
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Waupaca County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,569
Census ACS
Median income
$72,830
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,466 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New London School District
- New London HighHigh · 660 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 283 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 264 students
- Readfield ElementaryElementary · 121 students
- Sugar Bush ElementaryElementary · 119 students
- Catalyst AcademyHigh · 32 students
Other schools in New London
- New London HighHigh · 660 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 283 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 264 students
- Sugar Bush ElementaryElementary · 119 students
- Catalyst AcademyHigh · 32 students
Other New London Middle schools
One other US public school is named New London Middle. New London Middle is the largest of the 2.
- New London Middle SchoolNew London, OH · 204 students
Nearby schools
- Catalyst Academy0.2 mi · 32
- Parkview Elementary0.3 mi · 264
- Lincoln Elementary0.6 mi · 283
- New London High1.1 mi · 660
- Hortonville High6.7 mi · 1,323
- Sugar Bush Elementary6.7 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About New London MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at New London Middle?
New London Middle enrolls approximately 540 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does New London Middle serve?
New London Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New London Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New London Middle is approximately 13.3:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at New London Middle?
At New London Middle, the student body is approximately 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is New London Middle public or private?
New London Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by New London School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.