Templeton Middle

Templeton Middle is a big middle school in Sussex, Wisconsin, run under Hamilton School District. The school serves 766 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 101% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Within Hamilton School District, which oversees 8 schools and 5,131 students, Templeton Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Templeton Middle lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Waukesha County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Templeton Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.4%, the actual is 79.5%, a residual of +10.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Waukesha County reports that median household income runs about $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Templeton Middle is one campus in the mix.

Silver Spring Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Templeton Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 77.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 1,067 students in 2018 compared to 766 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 81% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Templeton Middle community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.