Random Lake Middle
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 49 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 28% |
School pathway
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 66.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
Where Random Lake Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Sheboygan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #183 of 323 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #179 of 327 | #6 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #263 of 327 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #296 of 389 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.5% | #208 of 323 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.7% | #9 of 176 | #1 of 8 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 144 | 13.3 | 10.9:1 | 28% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 155 | 14 | 11.0:1 | 34% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 190 | 16.4 | 11.6:1 | 31% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 202 | 17 | 11.9:1 | 37% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 16.8 | 14.3:1 | 28% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 17 | 15.9:1 | 24% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 273 | 16 | 17.1:1 | 30% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 251 | 16 | 15.7:1 | 12% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 276 | 10 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
About Random Lake Middle
Random Lake Middle is a very small middle school in Wisconsin, with an address in Random Lake. In all, 144 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 62% below the 381-student average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Random Lake School District serves 648 students across 3 schools.
The share of students at Random Lake Middle who are White is 85%. Other students are 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Sheboygan County residents are about 83% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Random Lake Middle has a ratio of 10.9:1. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Income data for the school show 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 45% average for public schools in Sheboygan County is 17 points higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Random Lake Middle would score about 60.2%. It scores 55.4%, 4.8 points below that figure.
For Sheboygan County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $73,094 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Random Lake Middle, Sheboygan County has 52 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Random Lake Middle is closest to Random Lake Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Random Lake Middle ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 29% decline, from 202 to 144. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.9:1 in 2020-21, and 10.9:1 in 2024-25.
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