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What's the biggest difference between Whitman Middle and what you expected?
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Enrollment
570
Middle
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUWATOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551599002092
Whitman Middle
11100 W Center St, Wauwatosa, WI 53222 · (414) 773-2600 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- C+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
11.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
189 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 201 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 184 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 185 | 32% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
49.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
45.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.9% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 46.7% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Whitman Middle
Whitman Middle's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitman Middle this school | 570 | 33.2% | 53.1% |
| Glen Hills Middle Glendale | 483 | 38.9% | 51.3% |
| Central Heights Middle Sun Prairie | 560 | 33.9% | 52.2% |
| O'Keeffe Middle Madison | 434 | 42.9% | 60.4% |
| Toki Middle Madison | 487 | 46.0% | 50.3% |
| Patrick Marsh Middle Sun Prairie | 581 | 29.1% | 54.9% |
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 Whitman Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #204 of 323 | #11 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #258 of 327 ▼ 10 | #13 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #218 of 327 ▼ 48 | #11 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #93 of 389 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #70 of 265 | #6 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #20 of 265 | #3 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #180 of 323 | #18 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #35 of 176 | #8 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
570
-128 (-18%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 570 | 47.8 | 11.9:1 | 33% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 45.7 | 13.1:1 | 33% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 47.7 | 13.6:1 | 27% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 48 | 14.5:1 | 34% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 49 | 15.0:1 | 23% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 743 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 30% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 23% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 38 | 14.0:1 | 8% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 31 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitman Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (736 to 570); teachers down 2% (49 to 47.8).
About Whitman Middle
At 11100 W Center St in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Whitman Middle operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 570 students. Enrollment is 50% higher than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin, which is about 381.
A total of 17 schools make up Wauwatosa School District, with 6,704 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Whitman Middle, at 45%. Other groups make up 28% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1 at Whitman Middle, with 47.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in Wisconsin have 12.8:1, compared with 11.9:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 33% of enrollment. It compares with 64% for public schools in Milwaukee County.
Measured against Wisconsin public middle schools, Whitman Middle receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Whitman Middle's average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.1% is 4.2 points below the 57.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Milwaukee County, the median household income is $64,435, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. In all, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools and roughly 122,496 students.
West High is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 55.6% proficiency; Whitman Middle posts 53.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Whitman Middle is Suburb: Large.
Whitman Middle's enrollment dropped from 698 in 2020-21 to 570 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.5:1 to 11.9:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Wauwatosa School District
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 373 students
Other schools in Wauwatosa
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 373 students
Other Whitman Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Whitman Middle. Whitman Middle is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Whitman MiddleAlexandria, VA · 828 students
- Whitman Middle SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 633 students
- Whitman MiddleWhitman, MA · 496 students
Nearby schools
- West High0.2 mi · 986
- Eisenhower Elementary0.3 mi · 373
- Wauwatosa Montessori School0.9 mi · 176
- McKinley Elementary1.4 mi · 388
- Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary1.6 mi · 428
- Milwaukee School of Languages1.7 mi · 964
Frequently asked questions
About Whitman MiddleHow many students attend Whitman Middle?
Whitman Middle enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 06-08.
Is Whitman Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whitman Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Whitman Middle have?
Whitman Middle employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is Whitman Middle?
Whitman Middle reports a student body of 45% White, 12% Hispanic, 28% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Whitman Middle in?
Whitman Middle is part of Wauwatosa School District.
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