Whitnall Middle

Whitnall Middle operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Greenfield, Wisconsin, run under Whitnall School District. Current enrollment sits at 558 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 46% bigger than typical.

Within Whitnall School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,364 students, Whitnall Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Whitnall Middle reports that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Whitnall Middle has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 28% of students at Whitnall Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Whitnall Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.6%, the actual is 63.3%, a residual of +2.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Milwaukee County shows median household earnings sit near $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Whitnall Middle is one campus in the mix.

CORE4 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whitnall Middle. On composite proficiency, Whitnall Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Whitnall Middle has declined 3%, going from 573 students in 2018 to 558 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.