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Enrollment
558
Middle
DISTRICT 473 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITNALL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550600000662
Whitnall Middle
5025 S 116th St, Greenfield, WI 53228 · (414) 525-8650 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- B-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
12.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
155 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 176 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 188 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 194 | 35% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Whitnall Middle→Whitnall High
Based on grade levels within Whitnall School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
71.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 71.4% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 64.6% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Whitnall Middle
Whitnall Middle's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitnall Middle this school | 558 | 27.8% | 63.3% |
| Greendale Middle Greendale | 617 | 27.1% | 66.9% |
| Savanna Oaks Middle Fitchburg | 360 | 26.7% | 59.8% |
| Oak Creek East Middle Oak Creek | 935 | 25.6% | 62.2% |
| Badger Ridge Middle Verona | 776 | 26.0% | 56.1% |
| West De Pere Middle De Pere | 546 | 24.7% | 63.6% |
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 Whitnall Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #114 of 323 | #8 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #66 of 327 ▲ 53 | #5 of 27 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #83 of 327 ▲ 29 | #9 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #101 of 389 | #10 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #113 of 265 | #8 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #73 of 265 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #214 of 323 | #19 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #159 of 176 | #16 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
558
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 558 | 43.7 | 12.8:1 | 28% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 32% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 45.3 | 12.8:1 | 30% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 31% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 23% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 25% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 19% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 9% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 634 | 37 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitnall Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (573 to 558); teachers up 21% (36 to 43.7).
About Whitnall Middle
This page covers Whitnall Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school in Greenfield, Wisconsin. The student body numbers 558 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Wisconsin) has about 381 students.
The district, Whitnall School District, operates 5 schools serving 2,364 students.
White students account for 66% of enrollment at Whitnall Middle. Other groups make up 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. Milwaukee County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school's share is higher. Whitnall Middle has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Whitnall Middle counts 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.8 students for each one. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. About 28% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
Measured against Wisconsin public middle schools, Whitnall Middle receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 60.6% for a school in Wisconsin with Whitnall Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Whitnall Middle posts 63.3%.
Within Milwaukee County, median household income is about $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, with a combined enrollment of about 122,496.
Edgerton Elementary is located about 0.2 miles from Whitnall Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Whitnall Middle is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Whitnall Middle is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 580 in 2020-21 and 558 in 2024-25, a decrease of 22 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.2:1 to 12.8:1.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week 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 Whitnall School District
- Whitnall HighHigh · 821 students
- Hales Corners ElementaryElementary · 520 students
- Edgerton ElementaryElementary · 378 students
- CORE4Elementary · 87 students
Other schools in Greenfield
- Greenfield HighHigh · 1,140 students
- Whitnall HighHigh · 821 students
- Greenfield MiddleMiddle · 704 students
- Elm Dale ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Maple Grove ElementaryElementary · 427 students
- Edgewood ElementaryElementary · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Edgerton Elementary0.2 mi · 378
- CORE40.2 mi · 87
- Whitnall High0.2 mi · 821
- Hales Corners Elementary1.0 mi · 520
- Eisenhower Middle/High1.8 mi · 1,095
- Elmwood Elementary1.9 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Whitnall MiddleHow large is Whitnall Middle?
Whitnall Middle enrolls approximately 558 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Whitnall Middle serve?
Whitnall Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whitnall Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whitnall Middle is approximately 12.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Whitnall Middle?
Whitnall Middle reports a student body of 66% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Whitnall Middle?
Whitnall Middle is overseen by Whitnall School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.