Oostburg Middle

Oostburg Middle, a small junior high in Oostburg, Wisconsin, operated by Oostburg School District, serves 204 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 46% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Oostburg School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,011 students; Oostburg Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oostburg Middle lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Sheboygan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Oostburg Middle records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sheboygan County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Oostburg Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Sheboygan County shows median household income runs about $73,094, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Oostburg Middle is one of 52 public schools in Sheboygan County (combined enrollment of about 17,340 students).

Oostburg High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Oostburg Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oostburg Middle ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 242 students in 2018 compared to 204 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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