Enrollment
205
Middle
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHERN DOOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551413001835
Southern Door Middle
2073 County Trunk DK, Brussels, WI 54204 · (920) 825-7321 · Door County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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.
- 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
10.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
66 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 73 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 37% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Southern Door Middle→Southern Door High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Southern Door County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
71.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.9% | 71.9% |
| 2023-24 | 66.3% | 73.3% |
% 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Southern Door Middle
Southern Door Middle's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Door Middle this school | 205 | 32.2% | 69.4% |
| Omro Middle Omro | 223 | 28.3% | 58.6% |
| Eleva-Strum Middle Strum | 144 | 34.7% | 49.6% |
| Peshtigo Middle Peshtigo | 151 | 31.8% | 45.9% |
| Mishicot Middle Mishicot | 216 | 28.7% | 63.9% |
| Mondovi Middle Mondovi | 197 | 35.5% | 50.7% |
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 Southern Door Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #61 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #64 of 327 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #53 of 327 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #259 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #19 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.4% | #220 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.2% | #190 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #111 of 176 |
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
205
-33 (-14%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 205 | 19.6 | 10.5:1 | 32% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 21.1 | 9.9:1 | 33% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 20.6 | 10.2:1 | 34% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 22 | 10.8:1 | 41% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 226 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 38% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 225 | 16 | 14.1:1 | 40% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 260 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 32% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 22 | 13.6:1 | 16% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 23 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Door Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (226 to 205); teachers down 2% (20 to 19.6).
About Southern Door Middle
Southern Door Middle is a small middle school in Brussels, Wisconsin. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 205 students. The average among middle schools in Wisconsin is roughly 381 students; this school is 46% smaller than that.
Southern Door County School District enrolls 991 students, and its 3 schools include Southern Door Middle.
At Southern Door Middle, White students make up 89% of the student body. It is also 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 92% White share among all Door County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Southern Door Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
Southern Door Middle operates with 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.5:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Southern Door Middle reports 32% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Southern Door Middle is A. Compared with Wisconsin public middle schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Southern Door Middle would score about 57.9%. It scores 69.4%, 11.5 points above that figure.
Federal survey data for Door County show that median household income is about $74,795, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Southern Door Middle is among the 16 public schools in Door County.
Southern Door Elementary is the public school closest to Southern Door Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Southern Door Middle has 2 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 58.3% on proficiency, and Southern Door Middle is above that at 69.4%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Southern Door Middle had 238 students in 2020-21 and 205 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.
The Southern Door Middle community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Door County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,445
Census ACS
Median income
$74,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,203 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southern Door County School District
- Southern Door ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Southern Door HighHigh · 304 students
Other schools in Brussels
- Southern Door ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Southern Door HighHigh · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Door Elementary0.0 mi · 482
- Southern Door High0.0 mi · 304
- Sawyer Elementary7.6 mi · 223
- Sunrise Elementary9.0 mi · 214
- Sturgeon Bay High9.0 mi · 348
- Walker Middle9.0 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Door MiddleHow many students attend Southern Door Middle?
Southern Door Middle enrolls approximately 205 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Southern Door Middle serve?
Southern Door Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southern Door Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southern Door Middle is approximately 10.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southern Door Middle?
At Southern Door Middle, the student body is approximately 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Southern Door Middle in?
Southern Door Middle is part of Southern Door County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.