Williams Bay Middle

Williams Bay Middle is a 6-8 campus of one-room-style scale in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, run under Williams Bay School District, instructing 145 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 62% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Williams Bay Middle is one of 3 schools operated by Williams Bay School District, a district that hosts 597 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Williams Bay Middle records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Williams Bay Middle has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Walworth County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Williams Bay Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.7%; this one delivers 52.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Walworth County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $80,520 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Williams Bay Middle is one of 46 public schools in Walworth County (combined enrollment of about 14,383 students).

Williams Bay High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Williams Bay Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 169 students in 2018 compared to 145 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.