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Enrollment
812
Middle
DISTRICT 855 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMBROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550177000228
Wisconsin Hills Middle
18700 W Wisconsin Ave, Brookfield, WI 53045 · (262) 785-3960 · Waukesha County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL812 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- ATest 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
14.2:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
75 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 | 293 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 272 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 247 | 30% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
73.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
75.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.7% | 75.1% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 77.9% |
% 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
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Wisconsin Hills Middle
Wisconsin Hills Middle's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Hills Middle this school | 812 | 9.2% | 73.5% |
| Silver Spring Intermediate Sussex | 758 | 11.9% | 77.7% |
| Pilgrim Park Middle Elm Grove | 898 | 8.4% | 77.9% |
| Glacier Creek Middle Cross Plains | 924 | 14.3% | 75.5% |
| Templeton Middle Sussex | 766 | 13.4% | 79.5% |
| Kromrey Middle Middleton | 1,230 | 20.7% | 72.8% |
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 Wisconsin Hills Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #32 of 323 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #46 of 327 ▼ 17 | #12 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #35 of 327 ▲ 5 | #10 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 812 | #28 of 389 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #203 of 265 | #9 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #58 of 265 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.2% | #315 of 323 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #153 of 176 | #13 of 13 |
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
812
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 677
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 812 | 57.1 | 14.2:1 | 9% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 59.1 | 13.9:1 | 10% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 814 | 59.7 | 13.6:1 | 9% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 805 | 61 | 13.2:1 | 13% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 840 | 54.7 | 15.3:1 | 7% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 822 | 56 | 14.7:1 | 12% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 880 | 57 | 15.4:1 | 14% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 917 | 60 | 15.3:1 | 5% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 677 | 46 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wisconsin Hills Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (840 to 812); teachers up 4% (54.7 to 57.1).
About Wisconsin Hills Middle
Wisconsin Hills Middle is a middle-grades school in Brookfield, Wisconsin, reachable at (262) 785-3960. Enrollment is 812 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 381-student average for middle schools in Wisconsin, enrollment here is 113% higher.
Elmbrook School District enrolls 7,845 students, and its 10 schools include Wisconsin Hills Middle.
At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at Wisconsin Hills Middle combined. Other students are 17% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Waukesha County residents are about 87% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Wisconsin Hills Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
Teachers at the school number 57.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.2:1. Among middle schools in Wisconsin, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The school's lunch program data list 9% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Waukesha County, the average is 17%.
allk12 grades Wisconsin Hills Middle an A-. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Wisconsin Hills Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.5% and a predicted 72.0%.
Federal survey data for Waukesha County show that median household income is about $106,076, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. A total of 113 public schools operate in Waukesha County, serving about 60,032 students.
Of nearby public schools, Swanson Elementary is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Wisconsin Hills Middle is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
Wisconsin Hills Middle is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (805) to 2024-25 (812). By 2024-25, the school had 14.2 students per teacher, compared with 13.2 in 2020-21.
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Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmbrook School District
- Brookfield East HighHigh · 1,374 students
- Brookfield Central HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Burleigh ElementaryElementary · 927 students
- Pilgrim Park MiddleMiddle · 898 students
- Swanson ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Dixon ElementaryElementary · 658 students
Other schools in Brookfield
- Brookfield East HighHigh · 1,374 students
- Brookfield Central HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Burleigh ElementaryElementary · 927 students
- Swanson ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Dixon ElementaryElementary · 658 students
- Brookfield ElementaryElementary · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Swanson Elementary0.9 mi · 778
- Brookfield Central High1.5 mi · 1,215
- Brookfield Elementary1.7 mi · 641
- Pilgrim Park Middle2.1 mi · 898
- Hillcrest Elementary2.4 mi · 239
- Dixon Elementary2.5 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Wisconsin Hills MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Wisconsin Hills Middle?
Wisconsin Hills Middle enrolls approximately 812 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wisconsin Hills Middle serve?
Wisconsin Hills Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Wisconsin Hills Middle?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Wisconsin Hills Middle.
What is the student diversity at Wisconsin Hills Middle?
Student demographics at Wisconsin Hills Middle are roughly 64% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Wisconsin Hills Middle public or private?
Wisconsin Hills Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elmbrook School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.