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Enrollment
546
Middle
DISTRICT 554 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST DE PERE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551632000545
West De Pere Middle
1177 S 9th St, De Pere, WI 54115 · (920) 337-1099 · Brown County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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.
- C+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
14.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
135 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 7 | 271 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 50% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
West De Pere Middle→West De Pere High
Based on grade levels within West De Pere School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
66.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.9pp 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 67 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.5% | 66.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 68.5% |
% 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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 West De Pere Middle
West De Pere Middle's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West De Pere Middle this school | 546 | 24.7% | 63.6% |
| West De Pere Intermediate School De Pere | 561 | 23.9% | 58.0% |
| De Forest Middle De Forest | 602 | 19.8% | 61.6% |
| Mapleview Intermediate Kimberly | 413 | 26.2% | 72.4% |
| De Pere Middle De Pere | 690 | 21.6% | 78.6% |
| Sheboygan Falls Middle Sheboygan Falls | 415 | 29.2% | 56.4% |
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 West De Pere Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #110 of 323 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #105 of 327 ▼ 18 | #6 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #130 of 327 ▲ 49 | #8 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #107 of 389 | #12 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #191 of 265 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #102 of 265 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #234 of 323 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #15 of 176 | #1 of 8 |
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
546
-234 (-30%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 546 | 39.1 | 14.0:1 | 25% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 38.5 | 13.8:1 | 23% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 36.7 | 13.6:1 | 23% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 50 | 15.6:1 | 28% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 48.9 | 15.9:1 | 24% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 42 | 17.3:1 | 24% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 28% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 17% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West De Pere Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (779 to 546); teachers down 20% (48.9 to 39.1).
About West De Pere Middle
This page covers West De Pere Middle, a mid-sized middle-grades school in De Pere, Wisconsin. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 546 students. The school is 43% bigger than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
West De Pere School District enrolls 3,624 students in 6 schools, including West De Pere Middle.
White students are 74% of those enrolled at West De Pere Middle. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 2% Black. The diversity index for West De Pere Middle is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. Middle schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 12.8:1. At West De Pere Middle, 25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Brown County averages 39%, higher than here.
West De Pere Middle earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
West De Pere Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (63.6%) and its predicted rate (62.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
Census data for Brown County show the median household earns about $79,649 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Brown County number 86, with about 42,385 students.
West De Pere Intermediate School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, West De Pere Middle is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around West De Pere Middle as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment fell 30% over 4 years, reaching 546 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.6:1 to 14.0:1 over the same years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at West De Pere Middle. You can also rate the school on this page.
Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
270,892
Census ACS
Median income
$79,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West De Pere School District
- West De Pere HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Hemlock Creek ElementaryElementary · 822 students
- Westwood ElementaryElementary · 623 students
- West De Pere Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Phantom Knight School of OpportunityHigh · 22 students
Other schools in De Pere
- De Pere HighHigh · 1,466 students
- West De Pere HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Hemlock Creek ElementaryElementary · 822 students
- De Pere MiddleMiddle · 690 students
- Foxview IntermediateMiddle · 673 students
- Westwood ElementaryElementary · 623 students
Nearby schools
- West De Pere Intermediate School0.1 mi · 561
- Westwood Elementary0.2 mi · 623
- West De Pere High0.7 mi · 1,050
- Phantom Knight School of Opportunity1.2 mi · 22
- Foxview Intermediate1.7 mi · 673
- Dickinson Elementary2.1 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About West De Pere MiddleHow large is West De Pere Middle?
West De Pere Middle enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does West De Pere Middle serve?
West De Pere Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at West De Pere Middle?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at West De Pere Middle.
What is the student diversity at West De Pere Middle?
Student demographics at West De Pere Middle are roughly 74% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees West De Pere Middle?
West De Pere Middle is overseen by West De Pere School District in Brown County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.