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Enrollment
898
Middle
DISTRICT 855 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMBROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550177002331
Pilgrim Park Middle
1500 Pilgrim Pkwy, Elm Grove, WI 53122 · (262) 785-3920 · Waukesha County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL898 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- 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
14.7:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
75 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 6 | 296 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 305 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 297 | 33% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
81.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
82.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.5% | 82.3% |
| 2023-24 | 74.4% | 76.7% |
% 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
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Pilgrim Park Middle
Pilgrim Park Middle's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilgrim Park Middle this school | 898 | 8.4% | 77.9% |
| Silver Spring Intermediate Sussex | 758 | 11.9% | 77.7% |
| Wisconsin Hills Middle Brookfield | 812 | 9.2% | 73.5% |
| Glacier Creek Middle Cross Plains | 924 | 14.3% | 75.5% |
| Templeton Middle Sussex | 766 | 13.4% | 79.5% |
| Asa Clark Middle Pewaukee | 623 | 10.9% | 74.1% |
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 Pilgrim Park Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #14 of 323 | #5 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #16 of 327 ▲ 23 | #6 of 17 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #10 of 327 ▲ 12 | #3 of 17 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 898 | #17 of 389 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #220 of 265 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #88 of 265 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.4% | #317 of 323 | #16 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #35 of 79 | 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
898
+48 (+6%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 934
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 898 | 61.1 | 14.7:1 | 8% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 61.1 | 14.3:1 | 10% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 860 | 61.2 | 14.1:1 | 7% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 850 | 60 | 14.2:1 | 10% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 824 | 54.5 | 15.1:1 | 8% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 54 | 14.6:1 | 11% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 821 | 56 | 14.7:1 | 11% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 827 | 64 | 12.9:1 | 5% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 934 | 74 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pilgrim Park Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (824 to 898); teachers up 12% (54.5 to 61.1).
About Pilgrim Park Middle
Pilgrim Park Middle is a large middle-grades school with its address in Elm Grove, Wisconsin. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 898 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 381, so this school runs 136% larger than that.
Elmbrook School District is the district for Pilgrim Park Middle. It has 10 schools and 7,845 students.
White students make up a majority at Pilgrim Park Middle, at 70%. Next come 14% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That compares with about 87% White among all Waukesha County residents. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 61.1 full-time equivalents, or about 14.7 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in Wisconsin have 12.8:1, compared with 14.7:1 here. About 8% of students, or 75, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Waukesha County average 17%.
The allk12 Grade for Pilgrim Park Middle is A. Compared with Wisconsin public middle schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Pilgrim Park Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.9%, compared with a predicted 72.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
Waukesha County has about 411,762 residents, and the median household income is $106,076, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. In all, Waukesha County has 113 public schools and roughly 60,032 students.
The shortest distance from Pilgrim Park Middle to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Dixon Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 74.7% proficiency; Pilgrim Park Middle posts 77.9%.
Pilgrim Park Middle is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, Pilgrim Park Middle's enrollment grew 6%, to 898.
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Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmbrook School District
- Brookfield East HighHigh · 1,374 students
- Brookfield Central HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Burleigh ElementaryElementary · 927 students
- Wisconsin Hills MiddleMiddle · 812 students
- Swanson ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Dixon ElementaryElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Dixon Elementary0.9 mi · 658
- Brookfield Central High1.1 mi · 1,215
- Tonawanda Elementary1.2 mi · 533
- Swanson Elementary1.6 mi · 778
- Burleigh Elementary2.1 mi · 927
- Wisconsin Hills Middle2.1 mi · 812
Frequently asked questions
About Pilgrim Park MiddleHow large is Pilgrim Park Middle?
Pilgrim Park Middle enrolls approximately 898 students in grades 06-08.
Is Pilgrim Park Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pilgrim Park Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Pilgrim Park Middle?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Pilgrim Park Middle.
What is the student diversity at Pilgrim Park Middle?
Student demographics at Pilgrim Park Middle are roughly 70% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Pilgrim Park Middle public or private?
Pilgrim Park Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elmbrook School District.
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