Enrollment
145
Middle
DISTRICT 199 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAMS BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551674000277
Williams Bay Middle
500 W Geneva St, Williams Bay, WI 53191 · (262) 245-6224 · Walworth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL145 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- DBeats 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
12.2:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
33 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 34% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Williams Bay Middle→Williams Bay High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Williams Bay School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 39.0% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Williams Bay Middle
Williams Bay Middle's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Bay Middle this school | 145 | 22.8% | 52.3% |
| Stratford Middle Stratford | 163 | 24.5% | 69.6% |
| Ozaukee Middle Fredonia | 174 | 22.4% | 71.6% |
| Belleville Middle Belleville | 111 | 22.5% | 69.7% |
| Gibraltar Middle Fish Creek | 92 | 22.8% | 72.7% |
| New Holstein Middle New Holstein | 235 | 24.7% | 65.3% |
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 Williams Bay Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Walworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #210 of 323 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #271 of 327 ▲ 6 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #136 of 327 ▲ 34 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 145 | #292 of 389 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #248 of 323 | #6 of 6 |
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
145
-10 (-6%) vs 2020
+42% since 2000-01, when it was 102
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 145 | 11.9 | 12.2:1 | 23% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 143 | 12.7 | 11.3:1 | 34% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 140 | 14.2 | 9.9:1 | 30% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | 12 | 12.9:1 | 25% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 169 | 13.5 | 12.5:1 | 28% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 161 | 9 | 17.9:1 | 32% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 83 | 5 | 16.6:1 | 19% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 102 | 6 | 17.0:1 | 11% (11) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Williams Bay Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (169 to 145); teachers down 12% (13.5 to 11.9).
About Williams Bay Middle
Williams Bay Middle is a small middle school serving families in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 145 students. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 381 students, so this school is 62% smaller than average.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Williams Bay School District totals 597 students.
Williams Bay Middle enrolls a student body that is 88% White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic. The White share in Walworth County as a whole is similar, at about 85%. The chance that two students picked at random at Williams Bay Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
The count of teachers at Williams Bay Middle is 11.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.2:1. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. The school counts 33 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 23%. The rate at public schools in Walworth County averages 37%, higher than here.
Measured against Wisconsin public middle schools, Williams Bay 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.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 63.7% at Williams Bay Middle; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Walworth County show that median household income is about $80,520, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Williams Bay Middle is one of 46 public schools in Walworth County, which together enroll about 14,383 students.
Nearby, Williams Bay High is less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 7. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Williams Bay Middle ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
Federal counts put enrollment at 155 in 2020-21 and 145 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Walworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,657
Census ACS
Median income
$80,520
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
14,383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Williams Bay School District
- Williams Bay ElementaryElementary · 282 students
- Williams Bay HighHigh · 170 students
Other schools in Williams Bay
- Williams Bay ElementaryElementary · 282 students
- Williams Bay HighHigh · 170 students
Nearby schools
- Williams Bay High0.0 mi · 170
- Williams Bay Elementary0.1 mi · 282
- Fontana Elementary2.2 mi · 197
- Walworth Elementary3.7 mi · 409
- Big Foot High3.8 mi · 437
- Reek Elementary3.8 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Williams Bay MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Williams Bay Middle?
Williams Bay Middle enrolls approximately 145 students in grades 06-08.
Is Williams Bay Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Williams Bay Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Williams Bay Middle have?
Williams Bay Middle employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
How diverse is Williams Bay Middle?
Williams Bay Middle reports a student body of 88% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Williams Bay Middle public or private?
Williams Bay Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Williams Bay School District.
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