Shorewood Intermediate

As a small middle-grades school in Shorewood, Wisconsin, Shorewood Intermediate hosts 300 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within Shorewood School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Shorewood Intermediate sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Shorewood School District (1,916 students total), Shorewood Intermediate accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Shorewood Intermediate records that White students make up the majority at 67%; the rest is composed of 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Shorewood Intermediate lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Shorewood Intermediate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Milwaukee County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Shorewood Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

Shorewood High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shorewood Intermediate. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shorewood Intermediate at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

Shorewood Intermediate operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shorewood Intermediate has held roughly steady, going from 303 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 5% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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