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Enrollment
541
Middle
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960002737
Wedgewood Park School
6506 W Warnimont Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53220 · (414) 604-7800 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
420 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 166 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
25.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
17.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.8% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 24.0% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Wedgewood Park School
Wedgewood Park School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgewood Park School this school | 541 | 77.6% | 27.0% |
| Audubon Technology and Communication Middle Milwaukee | 345 | 83.8% | 10.8% |
| James Wright Middle Madison | 245 | 68.2% | 32.1% |
| Washington Middle Kenosha | 545 | 82.2% | 21.2% |
| Fran Fruzen Intermediate Beloit | 490 | 72.7% | 23.4% |
| West Milwaukee Intermediate West Milwaukee | 378 | 76.7% | 33.3% |
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 Wedgewood Park School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #308 of 323 | #20 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #316 of 327 ▼ 4 | #21 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #314 of 327 ▼ 10 | #21 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #109 of 389 | #11 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #216 of 265 | #17 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #30 of 265 | #6 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #11 of 323 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.7% | #8 of 176 | #5 of 20 |
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
541
-295 (-35%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 541 | 37.1 | 14.6:1 | 78% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 41.2 | 13.4:1 | 77% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 43.2 | 15.2:1 | 74% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 836 | 46 | 18.2:1 | 88% (733) |
| 2017-18 | 912 | 47.3 | 19.3:1 | 78% (708) |
| 2015-16 | 913 | 24 | 38.0:1 | 74% (678) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 29 | 24.6:1 | 86% (616) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wedgewood Park School.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (912 to 541); teachers down 21% (47.3 to 37.1).
About Wedgewood Park School
Wedgewood Park School is the name of a medium-sized middle-grades school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school's enrollment of 541 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 42% higher than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin, which is about 381.
Federal data list 155 schools in Milwaukee School District, with 65,835 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Wedgewood Park School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 48%. Smaller groups are 32% Black, 10% White, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Milwaukee County is roughly 17% Hispanic. Wedgewood Park School's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Wedgewood Park School employs 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.6:1. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 78% in 2024-25. The gap from the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 14 points.
allk12 grades Wedgewood Park School a D. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wedgewood Park School falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 27.0% actual against 30.0% predicted.
Federal survey data for Milwaukee County show that the median household income is $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Milwaukee County is home to 284 public schools and about 122,496 public school students.
Honey Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Wedgewood Park School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wedgewood Park School at 8th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Wedgewood Park School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 295 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.2 to 14.6 over 4 years.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Honey Creek Elementary0.1 mi · 393
- Hamilton High0.3 mi · 1,472
- Academy of Accelerated Learning0.8 mi · 493
- Fairview Elementary0.8 mi · 603
- Glenwood Elementary0.9 mi · 307
- Maple Grove Elementary1.0 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Wedgewood Park SchoolHow large is Wedgewood Park School?
Wedgewood Park School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wedgewood Park School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wedgewood Park School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Wedgewood Park School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Wedgewood Park School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wedgewood Park School?
At Wedgewood Park School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 48% Hispanic, 32% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Wedgewood Park School public or private?
Wedgewood Park School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.