Enrollment
204
Middle
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OOSTBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551107001464
Oostburg Middle
408 New York Ave, Oostburg, WI 53070 · (920) 564-2383 · Sheboygan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
34 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 6 | 68 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 32% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Oostburg Middle→Oostburg High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Oostburg School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
84.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
86.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.2% | 86.1% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 78.2% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Oostburg Middle
Oostburg Middle's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oostburg Middle this school | 204 | 16.7% | 79.2% |
| Rosendale-Brandon Middle Rosendale | 179 | 16.8% | 61.4% |
| New Glarus Middle New Glarus | 214 | 17.8% | 73.1% |
| Prescott Middle Prescott | 254 | 16.5% | 81.3% |
| Ozaukee Middle Fredonia | 174 | 22.4% | 71.6% |
| Freedom Middle Freedom | 339 | 18.6% | 63.8% |
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 Oostburg Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Sheboygan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #10 of 323 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #7 of 327 ▲ 21 | #1 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #5 of 327 ▲ 7 | #2 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #262 of 389 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #166 of 265 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.3% | #187 of 265 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #290 of 323 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #63 of 176 | #5 of 8 |
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
204
-21 (-9%) vs 2020
+423% since 1990-91, when it was 39
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 204 | 14.9 | 13.7:1 | 17% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 203 | 15.9 | 12.7:1 | 20% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 200 | 16.1 | 12.4:1 | 23% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 15 | 15.0:1 | 22% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 14 | 17.2:1 | 19% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 206 | 13 | 15.8:1 | 19% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 218 | 13 | 16.8:1 | 17% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 209 | 13 | 16.1:1 | 4% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 39 | 2 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oostburg Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (242 to 204); teachers up 6% (14 to 14.9).
About Oostburg Middle
Oostburg Middle is a small middle-grades school in Oostburg, Wisconsin, (ZIP code 53070). Its enrollment is 204 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Wisconsin average about 381 students, which makes this school 46% below average.
Oostburg School District oversees Oostburg Middle and 2 other schools, with 1,011 students in total.
White students account for 86% of the school's enrollment. It is also 11% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among Sheboygan County residents, the White share is about 83%. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Oostburg Middle are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Oostburg Middle totals 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Oostburg Middle is about 17%. For comparison, public schools in Sheboygan County average 45%.
Oostburg Middle earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Oostburg Middle falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 79.2% actual against 67.4% predicted.
In Sheboygan County, the median household earns about $73,094 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Sheboygan County has 52 public schools with about 17,340 students, including Oostburg Middle.
Oostburg Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Oostburg High, its nearest public school. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Oostburg Middle at 1st of 8.
Oostburg Middle falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 21 students, from 225 to 204. Students per teacher dropped from 15.0 in 2020-21 to 13.7 in 2024-25.
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Sheboygan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,991
Census ACS
Median income
$73,094
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
17,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oostburg School District
- Oostburg ElementaryElementary · 479 students
- Oostburg HighHigh · 328 students
Other schools in Oostburg
- Oostburg ElementaryElementary · 479 students
- Oostburg HighHigh · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Oostburg High0.1 mi · 328
- Oostburg Elementary0.3 mi · 479
- Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle3.9 mi · 252
- Cedar Grove-Belgium High3.9 mi · 265
- Rocket Academy3.9 mi · 23
- Cedar Grove-Belgium Elementary4.0 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Oostburg MiddleHow large is Oostburg Middle?
Oostburg Middle enrolls approximately 204 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Oostburg Middle serve?
Oostburg Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oostburg Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oostburg Middle is approximately 13.7:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oostburg Middle?
At Oostburg Middle, the student body is approximately 86% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Oostburg Middle?
Oostburg Middle is overseen by Oostburg School District in Sheboygan County.
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