Lance Middle

Summary:

Lance Middle is a public middle school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 788 students. It is part of the Kenosha School District, which is ranked 352 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past several years, Lance Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Wisconsin middle schools, with a 2-star rating for most years.

While Lance Middle's test scores are generally higher than the Kenosha School District average, they are lower than the state average. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Lance Middle's 8th-grade proficiency rates were 50% in English Language Arts, 59.15% in Mathematics, 65.25% in Social Studies, and 44.26% in Science. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, ranking relatively high for African American and Hispanic students but lower for White and low-socioeconomic status students. Additionally, Lance Middle has experienced a steady increase in chronic absenteeism, from 12.7% in 2018-2019 to 26.4% in 2022-2023, which is significantly higher than the state average.

When compared to other middle schools in the Kenosha School District, Lance Middle generally performs better than Bullen Middle and Washington Middle, but worse than Mahone Middle. Lance Middle's spending per student ($12,835 in 2020-2021) is higher than the state average, but lower than some of the nearby schools, such as Washington Middle ($14,466) and Lincoln Middle ($14,652). The school also has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 13.9 in 2022-2023, compared to the nearby schools, which have lower ratios.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 4515 80th St
       Kenosha, WI  53142-2038


(262) 359-2240

District: Kenosha School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
339th of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,835 Help


Students who attend Lance Middle usually attend:

High:    Tremper High

Feeder schools for Lance Middle:

Elementary:    Forest Park Elementary
    Jeffery Elementary
    Vernon Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.9 Help
Number of students:  788

Racial breakdown:

White:
56.7%
Hispanic:
25.8%
African American:
8.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  45.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Lance Middle ranks worse than 52.9% of middle schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks 2nd among 5 ranked middle schools in the Kenosha School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 52.45. (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 (56.7%), Hispanic (25.8%), African American (8.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 45.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lance Middle is 13.9. 3 middle schools in the Kenosha School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lance Middle is $12,835. 3 middle schools in the Kenosha School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lance Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Lance Middle 339th of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Lance Middle in the ranking list.)

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Kenosha School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Kenosha School District 352nd of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lance Middle

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Rank History for all students at Lance Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 57.75 190th 324 41.4%
2005 58.58 188th 332 43.4%
2006 70.37 107th 382 72.0%
2007 69.36 115th 366 68.6%
2008 63.52 195th 519 62.4%
2009 68.32 148th 521 71.6%
2010 65.13 190th 539 64.7%
2011 69.27 133rd 549 75.8%
2012 63.09 225th 559 59.7%
2013 54.35 296th 569 48.0%
2014 51.15 338th 585 42.2%
2015 54.62 310th 612 49.3%
2016 50.94 315th 609 48.3%
2017 49.54 318th 612 48.0%
2018 48.23 332nd 579 42.7%
2019 56.36 270th 594 54.5%
2021 38.71 412th 613 32.8%
2022 32.93 447th 617 27.6%
2023 43.89 380th 640 40.6%
2024 52.45 339th 641 47.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lance Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 33.86 90th 129 30.2%
2022 48.36 58th 126 54.0%
2023 53.77 58th 132 56.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lance Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.63 42nd 140 70.0%
2019 41.10 89th 153 41.8%
2021 30.91 114th 138 17.4%
2022 31.51 126th 158 20.3%
2023 36.91 113th 170 33.5%
2024 60.60 47th 173 72.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lance Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.36 301st 417 27.8%
2019 38.02 267th 414 35.5%
2021 36.93 293rd 437 33.0%
2022 24.83 346th 421 17.8%
2023 37.53 279th 439 36.4%
2024 39.02 257th 425 39.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lance Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.37 369th 489 24.5%
2019 42.56 294th 487 39.6%
2021 38.60 329th 499 34.1%
2022 34.15 368th 522 29.5%
2023 42.61 303rd 525 42.3%
2024 38.53 341st 520 34.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Lance Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.73 360th 551 34.7%
2019 55.12 268th 557 51.9%
2021 41.08 383rd 574 33.3%
2022 35.22 403rd 576 30.0%
2023 43.49 345th 579 40.4%
2024 51.89 305th 580 47.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Lance Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.58 271st 551 50.8%
2019 57.57 239th 557 57.1%
2021 38.80 381st 572 33.4%
2022 33.10 413th 577 28.4%
2023 45.42 331st 591 44.0%
2024 53.72 290th 585 50.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Lance Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.30 52nd 123 57.7%
2019 72.54 22nd 127 82.7%
2022 49.07 52nd 125 58.4%
2023 67.07 27th 130 79.2%
2024 57.24 40th 118 66.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lance Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.59 103rd 204 49.5%
2019 50.91 93rd 209 55.5%
2021 32.12 169th 225 24.9%
2022 37.04 137th 221 38.0%
2023 46.62 110th 229 52.0%
2024 55.61 94th 239 60.7%
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Rank History for White students at Lance Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.03 176th 375 53.1%
2019 57.58 150th 382 60.7%
2021 40.96 243rd 393 38.2%
2022 27.94 314th 397 20.9%
2023 39.73 257th 412 37.6%
2024 50.77 212th 407 47.9%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Lance Middle Test Scores
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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Lance Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 759 9 11 19 1 n/a n/a 0 799
1989 720 12 14 19 1 n/a n/a 0 766
1990 761 13 14 26 0 n/a n/a 0 814
1991 778 9 15 27 1 n/a n/a 0 830
1992 835 8 17 23 2 n/a n/a 0 885
1993 818 10 15 24 1 n/a n/a 0 868
1994 881 15 13 31 1 n/a n/a 0 941
1995 868 16 11 35 2 n/a n/a 0 932
1996 868 16 11 35 2 n/a n/a 0 932
1997 834 19 8 32 2 n/a n/a 0 895
1998 890 15 4 28 0 n/a n/a 0 937
1999 925 10 9 18 3 n/a n/a 0 965
2000 905 10 12 22 3 n/a n/a 0 952
2001 918 19 9 32 3 n/a n/a 0 981
2002 911 25 9 46 2 n/a n/a 0 993
2003 911 25 9 46 2 n/a n/a 0 993
2004 872 35 10 62 1 n/a n/a 0 980
2005 842 40 8 64 2 n/a n/a 0 956
2006 835 44 15 83 2 n/a n/a 0 979
2007 842 58 17 91 4 n/a n/a 0 1012
2008 815 60 19 95 4 n/a n/a 0 993
2009 760 61 14 93 4 n/a n/a 0 932
2010 714 63 18 105 6 n/a n/a 0 906
2011 706 50 10 127 5 4 20 0 922
2012 701 46 5 124 4 4 28 0 912
2013 753 53 4 198 5 1 45 0 1059
2014 682 65 8 184 4 2 45 0 990
2015 667 65 6 182 6 2 49 0 977
2016 621 75 8 180 1 1 46 0 932
2017 610 63 8 202 1 0 47 0 931
2018 556 73 8 202 1 0 47 0 887
2019 536 64 8 190 1 1 57 0 857
2020 553 74 8 213 3 1 59 0 911
2021 528 64 6 208 3 0 73 0 882
2022 487 49 3 210 3 0 63 0 815
2023 447 67 1 203 2 1 67 0 788

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 Lance Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 799 56.1 14.2 20.7
1989 766 53.6 14.2 3.8
1990 814 57.0 14.2 4.2
1991 830 57.2 14.5 20.1
1992 885 61.3 14.4 18.2
1993 868 58.5 14.8 21.1
1994 941 59.1 15.9 21.3
1995 932 54.5 17.1 23.9
1996 932 54.5 17.1 23.9
1997 895 53.8 16.6 20.8
1998 937 56.5 16.6 21.9
1999 965 58.3 16.6 26.7
2000 952 62.8 15.2 27.8
2001 981 62.2 15.8 27
2002 993 64.3 15.4 12.1
2003 993 64.3 15.4 12.1
2004 980 64.8 15.1 16.4
2005 956 60.9 15.7 n/a
2006 979 60.9 16.1 n/a
2007 1012 61.2 16.5 24.2
2008 993 61.8 16.1 22.5
2009 932 60.8 15.3 21.4
2010 906 55.0 16.4 27.9
2011 922 55.5 16.6 31.6
2012 912 54.5 16.7 30.8
2013 1059 55.0 19.2 35.8
2014 990 61.5 16.0 37.6
2015 977 n/a n/a 38.4
2016 932 59.0 15.7 35.7
2017 931 60.4 15.4 35
2018 887 59.4 14.9 32.8
2019 857 55.3 15.4 39.4
2020 911 59.6 15.2 22.3
2021 882 59.6 14.7 46.1
2022 815 60.6 13.4 44.8
2023 788 56.3 13.9 45.7

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 Lance Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 799 56.1 14.2 20.7
1989 766 53.6 14.2 3.8
1990 814 57.0 14.2 4.2
1991 830 57.2 14.5 20.1
1992 885 61.3 14.4 18.2
1993 868 58.5 14.8 21.1
1994 941 59.1 15.9 21.3
1995 932 54.5 17.1 23.9
1996 932 54.5 17.1 23.9
1997 895 53.8 16.6 20.8
1998 937 56.5 16.6 21.9
1999 965 58.3 16.6 26.7
2000 952 62.8 15.2 27.8
2001 981 62.2 15.8 27
2002 993 64.3 15.4 12.1
2003 993 64.3 15.4 12.1
2004 980 64.8 15.1 16.4
2005 956 60.9 15.7 n/a
2006 979 60.9 16.1 n/a
2007 1012 61.2 16.5 24.2
2008 993 61.8 16.1 22.5
2009 932 60.8 15.3 21.4
2010 906 55.0 16.4 27.9
2011 922 55.5 16.6 31.6
2012 912 54.5 16.7 30.8
2013 1059 55.0 19.2 35.8
2014 990 61.5 16.0 37.6
2015 977 n/a n/a 38.4
2016 932 59.0 15.7 35.7
2017 931 60.4 15.4 35
2018 887 59.4 14.9 32.8
2019 857 55.3 15.4 39.4
2020 911 59.6 15.2 22.3
2021 882 59.6 14.7 46.1
2022 815 60.6 13.4 44.8
2023 788 56.3 13.9 45.7

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lance Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $349 (2.7%) $12,427 (97.3%) $12,776
2020 $538 (4.6%) $11,121 (95.4%) $11,659
2021 $845 (6.6%) $11,990 (93.4%) $12,835

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Lance Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 270th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 380th of 640 Middle schools
 13.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Lance Middle)36.131.1
 4.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Kenosha School District)35.535.1
 0.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Lance Middle)44.636.5
 8.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Kenosha School District)35.828.7
 7.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Lance Middle)48.938.1
 10.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Kenosha School District)45.536.9
 8.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Lance Middle)31.237.7
 6.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Kenosha School District)3226.5
 5.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Lance Middle)40.829.3
 11.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Kenosha School District)35.531.3
 4.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Lance Middle)40.819.3
 21.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Kenosha School District)3619.3
 16.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Lance Middle)59.763.3
 3.6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Kenosha School District)48.752.1
 3.3%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Lance Middle)66.543.6
 22.9%
   8th Grade Science (Kenosha School District)49.839.7
 10.1%
   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 Students857788
 8.1%
African American6467
 4.7%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian81
 87.5%
Hispanic190203
 6.8%
Pacific Islander11
White536447
 16.6%
Two or More Races5767
 17.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39.4%45.7%
 6.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Lance Middle

In the 2022-23 school year, 788 students attended Lance Middle.

Students who attend Lance Middle usually go on to attend Tremper High

Students at Lance Middle are 57% White, 26% Hispanic, 9% African American, 9% Two or more races.

Lance Middle ranks 339th of 641 Wisconsin middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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