Waterloo Middle

As a very small middle school in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Waterloo Middle teaches 118 students from grades 7 through 8, part of Waterloo School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Waterloo Middle sits 69% below that benchmark.

Waterloo School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 745 students; Waterloo Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Waterloo Middle reports that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 27% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Waterloo Middle has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Waterloo Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Jefferson County's rate of about 35%.

With demographic context factored in, Waterloo Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 47.2%.

Around the school, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $83,750, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Jefferson County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,194 students), of which Waterloo Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Waterloo Intermediate, roughly 0.0 miles away. 7 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), Waterloo Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waterloo Middle has showed little movement, going from 119 students in 2018 to 118 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.