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Enrollment
610
Middle
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551404001831
South Milwaukee Middle
1001 15th Ave, South Milwaukee, WI 53172 · (414) 766-5800 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
325 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 | 205 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 189 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 35% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
South Milwaukee Middle→South Milwaukee High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Milwaukee School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
29.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 36.2% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 South Milwaukee Middle
South Milwaukee Middle's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Milwaukee Middle this school | 610 | 53.3% | 35.9% |
| Beaver Dam Middle Beaver Dam | 633 | 49.4% | 44.1% |
| Lance Middle Kenosha | 899 | 45.9% | 49.0% |
| Whitewater Middle Whitewater | 394 | 50.3% | 47.2% |
| Horning Middle Waukesha | 534 | 54.9% | 40.8% |
| Bessie Allen Middle North Fond du Lac | 339 | 48.7% | 39.9% |
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 South Milwaukee Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #294 of 323 | #16 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #304 of 327 ▼ 16 | #19 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #287 of 327 ▲ 2 | #17 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #85 of 389 | #8 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #105 of 265 | #7 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #45 of 265 | #10 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #61 of 323 | #14 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #107 of 176 | #11 of 20 |
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
610
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 610 | 48.3 | 12.6:1 | 53% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 605 | 49 | 12.3:1 | 59% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 587 | 49 | 12.0:1 | 56% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 58% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 46.2 | 14.7:1 | 50% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 51% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 44% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 55 | 14.7:1 | 24% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 47 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Milwaukee Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (677 to 610); teachers up 5% (46.2 to 48.3).
About South Milwaukee Middle
South Milwaukee Middle is a large middle school. Its address is in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school enrolls 610 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 381, so this school runs 60% above that.
The district for South Milwaukee Middle is South Milwaukee School District, with 6 schools and 2,686 students.
At 54%, White students outnumber all other groups at South Milwaukee Middle combined. The remaining students are 31% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. The county population is about 51% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, South Milwaukee Middle comes in at 60%.
South Milwaukee Middle's 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.6:1. Middle schools in Wisconsin average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 53%. That is lower than the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
South Milwaukee Middle is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, South Milwaukee Middle falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 35.9% actual against 45.0% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Milwaukee County show that median household income is about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, with a combined enrollment of about 122,496.
Nearby, South Milwaukee High is about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. South Milwaukee Middle is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for South Milwaukee Middle is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 625 to 610.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Milwaukee School District
- South Milwaukee HighHigh · 920 students
- Rawson ElementaryElementary · 371 students
- Blakewood ElementaryElementary · 314 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 274 students
- E W Luther ElementaryElementary · 197 students
Other schools in South Milwaukee
- South Milwaukee HighHigh · 920 students
- Rawson ElementaryElementary · 371 students
- Blakewood ElementaryElementary · 314 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 274 students
- E W Luther ElementaryElementary · 197 students
Nearby schools
- South Milwaukee High0.1 mi · 920
- Rawson Elementary0.3 mi · 371
- E W Luther Elementary0.8 mi · 197
- Mitchell Elementary1.1 mi · 403
- Lakeview Elementary1.4 mi · 274
- Jones Elementary1.4 mi · 171
Frequently asked questions
About South Milwaukee MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at South Milwaukee Middle?
South Milwaukee Middle enrolls approximately 610 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does South Milwaukee Middle serve?
South Milwaukee Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at South Milwaukee Middle?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at South Milwaukee Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Milwaukee Middle?
At South Milwaukee Middle, the student body is approximately 54% White, 31% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees South Milwaukee Middle?
South Milwaukee Middle is overseen by South Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.