Cudahy Middle

Summary:

Cudahy Middle is a public middle school in Cudahy, Wisconsin, serving 419 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Cudahy School District, which is ranked 383 out of 428 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cudahy Middle consistently performs below the state average in academic proficiency, with only around 30% of students meeting standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics, compared to over 50% statewide. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, ranking highly for African American students but in the bottom 20% for White, Hispanic, and low-socioeconomic status students. Cudahy Middle also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates and dropout rates that exceed the state average.

Despite spending more per student than the state average, Cudahy Middle's academic outcomes remain significantly below par. Nearby schools like Greendale Middle and Oak Creek West Middle outperform Cudahy Middle, ranking in the top 25% of Wisconsin middle schools. This suggests that factors beyond just funding, such as instructional practices, school climate, and family engagement, may be contributing to Cudahy Middle's underperformance, which has steadily declined over the past decade.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 5530 S Barland Ave
       Cudahy, WI  53110-2549


(414) 294-2830

District: Cudahy School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
534th of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,895 Help


Students who attend Cudahy Middle usually attend:

High:    Cudahy High

Feeder schools for Cudahy Middle:

Elementary:    Jones Elementary
    Kosciuszko Elementary
    Lincoln Elementary
    Mitchell Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  11.1 Help
Number of students:  419

Racial breakdown:

White:
47.7%
Hispanic:
29.6%
African American:
11.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  64.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Cudahy Middle ranks worse than 83.3% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.51. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (47.7%), Hispanic (29.6%), African American (11%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 64.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cudahy Middle is 11.1. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cudahy Middle is $13,895.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cudahy Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Cudahy Middle 534th of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Cudahy Middle in the ranking list.)

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Cudahy School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Cudahy School District 383rd of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Cudahy Middle

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Rank History for all students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 53.25 205th 324 36.7%
2005 40.94 253rd 332 23.8%
2006 55.30 240th 382 37.2%
2007 51.74 250th 366 31.7%
2008 48.22 362nd 519 30.3%
2009 52.73 324th 521 37.8%
2010 44.92 396th 539 26.5%
2011 48.30 389th 549 29.1%
2012 48.63 395th 559 29.3%
2013 35.54 445th 569 21.8%
2014 24.08 496th 585 15.2%
2015 33.17 477th 612 22.1%
2016 22.87 507th 609 16.7%
2017 19.76 518th 612 15.4%
2018 21.40 494th 579 14.7%
2019 31.69 455th 594 23.4%
2021 29.00 478th 613 22.0%
2022 23.80 506th 617 18.0%
2023 23.94 515th 640 19.5%
2024 22.51 534th 641 16.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 25.58 114th 131 13.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.78 66th 140 52.9%
2019 56.25 39th 153 74.5%
2021 33.12 108th 138 21.7%
2022 26.51 140th 158 11.4%
2023 39.05 101st 170 40.6%
2024 28.27 147th 173 15.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.55 279th 417 33.1%
2019 28.44 324th 414 21.7%
2021 37.67 290th 437 33.6%
2022 27.27 333rd 421 20.9%
2023 21.65 390th 439 11.2%
2024 19.82 375th 425 11.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.06 427th 489 12.7%
2019 34.87 356th 487 26.9%
2021 25.39 417th 499 16.4%
2022 19.99 461st 522 11.7%
2023 17.08 471st 525 10.3%
2024 12.52 483rd 520 7.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.18 471st 551 14.5%
2019 32.45 426th 557 23.5%
2021 28.92 462nd 574 19.5%
2022 23.09 478th 576 17.0%
2023 15.76 504th 579 13.0%
2024 21.54 482nd 580 16.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.48 458th 551 16.9%
2019 34.05 414th 557 25.7%
2021 32.46 420th 572 26.6%
2022 28.41 447th 577 22.5%
2023 26.66 459th 591 22.3%
2024 26.18 462nd 585 21.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.68 43rd 90 52.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.71 34th 123 72.4%
2019 57.39 41st 127 67.7%
2021 60.84 33rd 134 75.4%
2022 47.73 57th 125 54.4%
2023 53.69 39th 130 70.0%
2024 62.01 33rd 118 72.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.37 142nd 204 30.4%
2019 53.03 82nd 209 60.8%
2021 36.89 147th 225 34.7%
2022 22.89 187th 221 15.4%
2023 22.61 194th 229 15.3%
2024 23.83 200th 239 16.3%
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Rank History for White students at Cudahy Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.70 363rd 375 3.2%
2019 18.39 342nd 382 10.5%
2021 25.93 321st 393 18.3%
2022 21.56 340th 397 14.4%
2023 23.18 337th 412 18.2%
2024 14.83 372nd 407 8.6%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Cudahy Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1990 599 51 9 25 14 n/a n/a 0 698
1991 594 52 19 35 14 n/a n/a 0 714
1992 607 55 13 28 19 n/a n/a 0 722
1993 617 42 17 39 11 n/a n/a 0 726
1994 580 43 17 41 9 n/a n/a 0 690
1995 531 42 29 47 5 n/a n/a 0 654
1996 531 42 29 47 5 n/a n/a 0 654
1997 547 41 30 56 8 n/a n/a 0 682
1998 512 45 39 48 11 n/a n/a 0 655
1999 347 29 24 35 6 n/a n/a 0 441
2000 331 25 28 29 4 n/a n/a 0 417
2001 348 20 32 31 4 n/a n/a 0 435
2002 356 25 23 33 10 n/a n/a 0 447
2003 356 25 23 33 10 n/a n/a 0 447
2004 351 14 20 42 8 n/a n/a 0 435
2005 324 14 16 60 13 n/a n/a 0 427
2006 310 13 13 56 13 n/a n/a 0 405
2007 311 16 9 55 7 n/a n/a 0 398
2008 303 26 3 59 3 n/a n/a 0 394
2009 263 18 5 64 5 n/a n/a 0 355
2010 238 22 4 66 6 n/a n/a 0 336
2011 257 22 3 69 7 0 3 0 361
2012 267 26 3 74 9 1 7 0 387
2013 253 31 5 86 2 1 8 0 386
2014 255 28 3 86 1 0 8 0 381
2015 234 22 2 83 2 0 12 0 355
2016 337 38 10 122 7 0 21 0 535
2017 319 51 11 135 9 1 25 0 551
2018 297 45 11 122 7 2 26 0 510
2019 296 51 4 128 3 0 31 0 513
2020 324 39 6 132 4 0 32 0 537
2021 297 48 8 111 4 0 30 0 498
2022 264 47 9 114 0 0 43 0 477
2023 200 46 10 124 0 0 36 3 419

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cudahy Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 698 61.0 11.4 0
1991 714 60.0 11.9 15.7
1992 722 50.0 14.4 15.8
1993 726 49.6 14.6 16.7
1994 690 50.4 13.7 18.8
1995 654 50.9 12.8 20.6
1996 654 50.9 12.8 20.6
1997 682 51.4 13.3 25.4
1998 655 49.7 13.2 19.1
1999 441 33.3 13.2 27
2000 417 33.9 12.3 32.1
2001 435 33.2 13.1 32
2002 447 32.7 13.7 32.4
2003 447 32.7 13.7 32.4
2004 435 31.7 13.7 33.3
2005 427 31.0 13.8 n/a
2006 405 28.8 14.1 n/a
2007 398 31.0 12.8 39.2
2008 394 29.6 13.3 38.8
2009 355 27.1 13.1 48.7
2010 336 27.0 12.4 53.9
2011 361 29.3 12.3 52.1
2012 387 27.7 13.9 48.1
2013 386 29.1 13.2 53.9
2014 381 27.3 13.9 42
2015 355 n/a n/a 38.9
2016 535 40.0 13.3 41.1
2017 551 40.5 13.6 55
2018 510 42.6 11.9 54.3
2019 513 42.3 12.1 57.9
2020 537 41.8 12.8 59.2
2021 498 42.3 11.7 100
2022 477 40.2 11.8 61.6
2023 419 37.7 11.1 64.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cudahy Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 698 61.0 11.4 0
1991 714 60.0 11.9 15.7
1992 722 50.0 14.4 15.8
1993 726 49.6 14.6 16.7
1994 690 50.4 13.7 18.8
1995 654 50.9 12.8 20.6
1996 654 50.9 12.8 20.6
1997 682 51.4 13.3 25.4
1998 655 49.7 13.2 19.1
1999 441 33.3 13.2 27
2000 417 33.9 12.3 32.1
2001 435 33.2 13.1 32
2002 447 32.7 13.7 32.4
2003 447 32.7 13.7 32.4
2004 435 31.7 13.7 33.3
2005 427 31.0 13.8 n/a
2006 405 28.8 14.1 n/a
2007 398 31.0 12.8 39.2
2008 394 29.6 13.3 38.8
2009 355 27.1 13.1 48.7
2010 336 27.0 12.4 53.9
2011 361 29.3 12.3 52.1
2012 387 27.7 13.9 48.1
2013 386 29.1 13.2 53.9
2014 381 27.3 13.9 42
2015 355 n/a n/a 38.9
2016 535 40.0 13.3 41.1
2017 551 40.5 13.6 55
2018 510 42.6 11.9 54.3
2019 513 42.3 12.1 57.9
2020 537 41.8 12.8 59.2
2021 498 42.3 11.7 100
2022 477 40.2 11.8 61.6
2023 419 37.7 11.1 64.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Cudahy Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $490 (3.9%) $12,048 (96.1%) $12,537
2020 $533 (4.2%) $12,105 (95.8%) $12,638
2021 $896 (6.4%) $12,999 (93.6%) $13,895

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cudahy Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 455th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 515th of 640 Middle schools
 3.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Cudahy Middle)33.922.7
 11.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Cudahy School District)33.922.7
 11.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Cudahy Middle)30.318.1
 12.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Cudahy School District)30.318.1
 12.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Cudahy Middle)43.826.9
 16.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Cudahy School District)43.826.9
 16.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Cudahy Middle)31.921
 10.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Cudahy School District)31.921
 10.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Cudahy Middle)20.116.9
 3.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Cudahy School District)20.116.9
 3.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Cudahy Middle)18.214.6
 3.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Cudahy School District)18.214.6
 3.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Cudahy Middle)48.748.9
 0.2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Cudahy School District)48.748.9
 0.2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Cudahy Middle)3939.4
 0.5%
   8th Grade Science (Cudahy School District)3939.4
 0.5%
   8th Grade Science (Wisconsin)54.649.4
 5.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students513419
 18.3%
African American5146
 9.8%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian410
 150%
Hispanic128124
 3.1%
Pacific Islander00
White296200
 32.4%
Two or More Races3136
 16.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients57.9%64.9%
 7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Cudahy Middle

Students at Cudahy Middle are 48% White, 30% Hispanic, 11% African American, 9% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 419 students attended Cudahy Middle.

Cudahy Middle ranks in the bottom 16.7% of Wisconsin middle schools.

Students who attend Cudahy Middle usually go on to attend Cudahy High


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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.

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