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Enrollment
431
Middle
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOND DU LAC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550468000505
Theisen Middle
525 E Pioneer Rd, Fond du Lac, WI 54935 · (920) 929-2850 · Fond du Lac County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
12.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
192 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 | 132 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 149 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 150 | 35% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Theisen Middle→Fond du Lac High
Based on grade levels within Fond du Lac School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.3% | 58.1% |
% 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Theisen Middle
Theisen Middle's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theisen Middle this school | 431 | 44.5% | 57.4% |
| Marshall Middle Janesville | 747 | 45.1% | 53.0% |
| Wilson Middle Manitowoc | 478 | 38.9% | 48.4% |
| Clarke Middle Two Rivers | 397 | 45.3% | 42.2% |
| Riverside Middle Watertown | 616 | 44.5% | 47.1% |
| Jefferson Middle Jefferson | 349 | 41.3% | 55.5% |
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 Theisen Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Fond du Lac County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #163 of 323 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #122 of 327 ▲ 44 | #5 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #126 of 327 ▲ 81 | #4 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #146 of 389 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #115 of 265 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #59 of 265 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #101 of 323 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #87 of 176 | N/A |
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
431
-72 (-14%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 864
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 431 | 33.7 | 12.8:1 | 45% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 42% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 33.5 | 13.8:1 | 40% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 41% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 33.5 | 14.7:1 | 37% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 41% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 37% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 615 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 21% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 864 | 46 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Theisen Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (493 to 431); teachers up 1% (33.5 to 33.7).
About Theisen Middle
In Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Theisen Middle is a medium-sized middle school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 431 students.
District-wide, Fond du Lac School District has 15 schools and 6,457 students.
Theisen Middle is 64% White by enrollment. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Fond du Lac County residents are about 88% White. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.8:1, with 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin average 12.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Theisen Middle is 45%.
Theisen Middle is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 66% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Theisen Middle is 7.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (57.4% versus 50.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Within Fond du Lac County, the median household income is $74,275, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Fond du Lac County has 42 public schools and roughly 13,230 students.
Pier Elementary is located about 0.4 miles from Theisen Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Theisen Middle is ahead of the 50.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
NCES assigns Theisen Middle the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Theisen Middle's enrollment declined from 503 in 2020-21 to 431 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 14.4 in 2020-21 to 12.8 in 2024-25.
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Fond du Lac County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,137
Census ACS
Median income
$74,275
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
13,230 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fond du Lac School District
- Fond du Lac HighHigh · 1,917 students
- Sabish MiddleMiddle · 445 students
- Woodworth MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Waters ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Lakeshore ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Rosenow ElementaryElementary · 351 students
Other schools in Fond du Lac
- Fond du Lac HighHigh · 1,917 students
- Sabish MiddleMiddle · 445 students
- Woodworth MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Waters ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Lakeshore ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Rosenow ElementaryElementary · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Pier Elementary0.4 mi · 274
- Waters Elementary0.7 mi · 389
- Roberts Elementary1.0 mi · 317
- Riverside Elementary1.3 mi · 273
- Woodworth Middle1.5 mi · 413
- Fond du Lac STEM Academy1.7 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About Theisen MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Theisen Middle?
Theisen Middle enrolls approximately 431 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Theisen Middle serve?
Theisen Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Theisen Middle have?
Theisen Middle employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Theisen Middle?
Theisen Middle reports a student body of 64% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Theisen Middle?
Theisen Middle is overseen by Fond du Lac School District in Fond du Lac County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.