Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Wisconsin!

Every year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wisconsin test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the Forward Exam test scores by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 118)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
550603000669	1	Templeton Middle	Public	7-8	N59W22490 Silver Spring Dr	Sussex	53089	Waukesha County	Hamilton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 246-6477	750	47	15.9	14.8%	567 (75.6%)	24 (3.2%)	58 (7.7%)	72 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	26 (3.5%)	$12,971			$166			$12,804	99.2%	96.6%	2.58%
550477000516	2	Maple Dale School	Public	4-8	8377 N Port Washington Rd	Fox Point	53217	Milwaukee County	Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 351-7380	219	21	10.2	16.9%	138 (63.0%)	29 (13.2%)	19 (8.7%)	17 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.3%)	$17,829			$649			$17,180	98.3%	96.4%	1.89%
550960001164	3	Golda Meir School	Public, Alternative	3-12	1615 N Martin Luther King Dr	Milwaukee	53212	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 758-2500	1,174	61	19.2	47.8%	208 (17.7%)	687 (58.5%)	165 (14.1%)	47 (4.0%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	59 (5.0%)	$12,984			$2,201			$10,783	97.5%	71.8%	25.69%
551110001471	4	Oregon Middle	Public	7-8	601 Pleasant Oak Dr	Oregon	53575	Dane County	Oregon School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 835-4800	636	51	12.4	17.0%	535 (84.1%)	17 (2.7%)	48 (7.5%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.4%)	$12,610			$294			$12,316	96.6%	79.9%	16.73%
550913001086	5	Lake Shore Middle	Public	6-8	11036 N Range Line Rd	Mequon	53092	Ozaukee County	Mequon-Thiensville School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 238-7613	327	27	11.9	8.6%	236 (72.2%)	22 (6.7%)	20 (6.1%)	27 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.7%)	$14,106			$551			$13,555	95.8%	92.8%	2.94%
550480000517	6	Bayside Middle	Public	5-8	601 E Ellsworth Ln	Milwaukee	53217	Milwaukee County	Fox Point J2 School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 247-4201	340	31	11	10.9%	240 (70.6%)	33 (9.7%)	17 (5.0%)	22 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.2%)	$17,219			$514			$16,705	94.9%	98.3%	3.37%
551164001538	7	Asa Clark Middle	Public	6-8	472 Lake St	Pewaukee	53072	Waukesha County	Pewaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 695-5067	655	40	16.2	13.0%	525 (80.2%)	21 (3.2%)	30 (4.6%)	45 (6.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.0%)	$11,421			$185			$11,237	94.1%	89.5%	4.52%
551629002125	8	Badger Middle	Public	7-8	727 S 6th Ave	West Bend	53095	Washington County	West Bend School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 335-5456	851	61	13.9	31.5%	699 (82.1%)	28 (3.3%)	61 (7.2%)	19 (2.2%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.6%)	$11,493			$458			$11,035	93.2%	72.1%	21.15%
550600000662	9	Whitnall Middle	Public	6-8	5025 S 116th St	Greenfield	53228	Milwaukee County	Whitnall School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 525-8650	579	45	12.7	30.4%	407 (70.3%)	23 (4.0%)	103 (17.8%)	23 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.0%)	$10,975			$429			$10,546	92.4%	71.5%	20.92%
550906001068	10	North Middle	Public	6-8	N88 W16801 Main St	Menomonee Falls	53051	Waukesha County	Menomonee Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 255-8450	842	62	13.6	21.1%	586 (69.6%)	67 (8.0%)	43 (5.1%)	67 (8.0%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (8.6%)	$11,954			$432			$11,522	91.5%	69.1%	22.41%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Forward Exam English Language Arts, Forward Exam Mathematics, Forward Exam Social Studies, Forward Exam Science test scores released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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Magnet Schools: Unleashing the Power of Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.