Steffen Middle

Located at 6633 W Steffen Dr, in Mequon, Wisconsin, Steffen Middle is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school that hosts 418 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Mequon-Thiensville School District.

Mequon-Thiensville School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,553 students. Steffen Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Steffen Middle records that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at school resources, Steffen Middle shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Steffen Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.5%, the actual is 73.5%, a residual of +4.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ozaukee County put the typical household earns roughly $96,996 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Ozaukee County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,422 students), Steffen Middle is one campus in the mix.

Wilson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Steffen Middle at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.1%.

Steffen Middle operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Steffen Middle has fell 8%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment fell from 8% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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