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Enrollment
445
Middle
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOND DU LAC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550468000504
Sabish Middle
100 N Peters Ave, Fond du Lac, WI 54935 · (920) 929-2800 · Fond du Lac County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- C+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
12.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
255 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 156 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 138 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Sabish Middle→Fond du Lac High
Based on grade levels within Fond du Lac School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 52 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 58.9% |
% 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Sabish Middle
Sabish Middle's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabish Middle this school | 445 | 57.3% | 53.7% |
| Horning Middle Waukesha | 534 | 54.9% | 40.8% |
| Maplewood Middle Menasha | 676 | 55.9% | 44.0% |
| Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate West Allis | 902 | 61.9% | 42.8% |
| Woodworth Middle Fond du Lac | 413 | 54.0% | 49.5% |
| South Milwaukee Middle South Milwaukee | 610 | 53.3% | 35.9% |
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 Sabish Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Fond du Lac County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #198 of 323 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #138 of 327 ▲ 25 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #198 of 327 ▲ 14 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #142 of 389 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #121 of 265 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #25 of 265 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #50 of 323 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #73 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
445
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 445 | 34.7 | 12.8:1 | 57% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 50% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 35.3 | 12.4:1 | 55% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 40 | 11.2:1 | 59% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 34.1 | 13.0:1 | 52% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 55% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 50% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 21% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 41 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sabish Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (442 to 445); teachers up 2% (34.1 to 34.7).
About Sabish Middle
Sabish Middle is one of the public schools in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. It is a mid-sized middle school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 445 students.
Fond du Lac School District has 15 schools; together they serve 6,457 students.
White students account for 47% of enrollment at Sabish Middle, more than any other group. Next come 29% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 88% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Classroom staffing at Sabish Middle totals 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Sabish Middle is about 57%. Across public schools in Fond du Lac County, the average is 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sabish Middle lands at B, ahead of 64% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 42.5%.
In Fond du Lac County, the median household earns about $74,275 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Fond du Lac County has 42 public schools with about 13,230 students, including Sabish Middle.
Sabish Middle's closest public school neighbor is Evans Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 46.5% on proficiency, and Sabish Middle is above that at 53.7%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (447) and 2024-25 (445). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 12.8:1, from 11.2:1.
The allk12 page for Sabish Middle lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Fond du Lac County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,137
Census ACS
Median income
$74,275
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
13,230 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fond du Lac School District
- Fond du Lac HighHigh · 1,917 students
- Theisen MiddleMiddle · 431 students
- Woodworth MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Waters ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Lakeshore ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Rosenow ElementaryElementary · 351 students
Other schools in Fond du Lac
- Fond du Lac HighHigh · 1,917 students
- Theisen MiddleMiddle · 431 students
- Woodworth MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Waters ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Lakeshore ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Rosenow ElementaryElementary · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Evans Elementary0.5 mi · 279
- Early Learning in Fond du Lac0.5 mi · 231
- Parkside Elementary0.5 mi · 325
- Fond du Lac STEM Academy1.1 mi · 162
- Riverside Elementary1.5 mi · 273
- Chegwin Elementary1.5 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About Sabish MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Sabish Middle?
Sabish Middle enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sabish Middle serve?
Sabish Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sabish Middle?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Sabish Middle.
How diverse is Sabish Middle?
Sabish Middle reports a student body of 47% White, 29% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Sabish Middle?
Sabish Middle is overseen by Fond du Lac School District in Fond du Lac County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.