Whitehorse Middle

As a medium-sized intermediate school in Madison, Wisconsin, Whitehorse Middle hosts 415 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Madison Metropolitan School District.

Whitehorse Middle is one of 53 schools operated by Madison Metropolitan School District, a district that teaches 25,155 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Whitehorse Middle shows that the largest single group is Black at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% White, 25% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Dane County's rate of about 32%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whitehorse Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dane County put median household income runs about $89,975, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Whitehorse Middle is one campus in the mix.

Schenk Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Whitehorse Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.7%.

Whitehorse Middle operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Whitehorse Middle has contracted 8%, going from 452 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 46% to 27% over that span.

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