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Enrollment
415
Middle
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000934
Whitehorse Middle
218 Schenk St, Madison, WI 53714 · (608) 204-4480 · Dane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
245 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 146 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 141 | 34% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
36.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
32.6%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 27.6% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Whitehorse Middle
Whitehorse Middle's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehorse Middle this school | 415 | 59.0% | 34.6% |
| Sherman Middle Madison | 400 | 60.0% | 32.1% |
| Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School Madison | 462 | 53.2% | 40.6% |
| Aldrich Intermediate Beloit | 521 | 66.4% | 25.4% |
| Sabish Middle Fond du Lac | 445 | 57.3% | 53.7% |
| Sennett Middle Madison | 570 | 52.6% | 33.9% |
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 Whitehorse Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #298 of 323 | #29 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #297 of 327 ▲ 11 | #30 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #288 of 327 ▲ 8 | #29 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #153 of 389 | #23 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #108 of 265 | #26 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #4 of 265 | #3 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #44 of 323 | #4 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #123 of 176 | #14 of 18 |
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
415
-54 (-12%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 415 | 32.7 | 12.7:1 | 59% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 31.1 | 12.9:1 | 54% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 37 | 12.2:1 | 57% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 63% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 36.6 | 12.3:1 | 54% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 50% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 47% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 30% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 37 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitehorse Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (452 to 415); teachers down 11% (36.6 to 32.7).
About Whitehorse Middle
Whitehorse Middle, a mid-sized middle-grades school, is located in Madison, Wisconsin. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 415 students.
Whitehorse Middle is among 53 schools run by Madison Metropolitan School District, which serves 25,155 students.
Black students make up 32% of enrollment at Whitehorse Middle, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% White, 25% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. In Dane County overall, about 5% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 75, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.7 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 12.8:1. Whitehorse Middle has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 59%. Among public schools in Dane County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
Whitehorse Middle is 6.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.6% versus 41.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Dane County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $89,975, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 169 public schools in the county, enrolling about 78,525, Whitehorse Middle among them.
Of the public schools around it, Whitehorse Middle is closest to Schenk Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Whitehorse Middle ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Whitehorse Middle is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 415, compared with 469 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Whitehorse Middle lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison Metropolitan School District
- West HighHigh · 2,222 students
- Vel Phillips Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- East HighHigh · 1,643 students
- LaFollette HighHigh · 1,541 students
- Hamilton MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other schools in Madison
- West HighHigh · 2,222 students
- Vel Phillips Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- East HighHigh · 1,643 students
- LaFollette HighHigh · 1,541 students
- Hamilton MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Schenk Elementary0.0 mi · 394
- Lowell Elementary0.9 mi · 329
- Kennedy Elementary1.3 mi · 582
- Hawthorne Elementary1.4 mi · 360
- Monona Grove High1.4 mi · 1,170
- Emerson Elementary1.6 mi · 297
Frequently asked questions
About Whitehorse MiddleHow many students attend Whitehorse Middle?
Whitehorse Middle enrolls approximately 415 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Whitehorse Middle serve?
Whitehorse Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whitehorse Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whitehorse Middle is approximately 12.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whitehorse Middle?
At Whitehorse Middle, the student body is approximately 27% White, 25% Hispanic, 32% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Whitehorse Middle in?
Whitehorse Middle is part of Madison Metropolitan School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.