Kromrey Middle

Summary:

Kromrey Middle is a highly-ranked public middle school located in Middleton, Wisconsin, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 1,191 students. The school is part of the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, which is ranked 54th out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Kromrey Middle consistently ranks among the top middle schools in Wisconsin, with a statewide ranking between 17th and 52nd over the past 10 years. The school's performance on the Forward Exam is exceptional, with 5th-8th grade students scoring well above the state and district averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science. Kromrey Middle also excels in serving various student subgroups, ranking highly for Asian, White, and Special Education students. However, the school's performance for Hispanic and English Language Learner students is relatively lower compared to other subgroups. Additionally, Kromrey Middle has maintained very low dropout rates, ranging from 0.0% to 0.4% over the past 5 years, which is significantly lower than the state and district averages.

Kromrey Middle's academic performance is notably stronger than the nearby schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District, such as James Wright Middle, Toki Middle, Cherokee Heights Middle, and Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School. These schools generally have lower test scores, higher chronic absenteeism, and higher percentages of students from low-income backgrounds. The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, which Kromrey Middle is a part of, appears to be a high-performing district, with all of its middle schools ranking among the top 60 in the state.


Detail:

Public 5-8

 7009 Donna Dr
       Middleton, WI  53562-1798


(608) 829-9530

District: Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
52nd of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,903 Help


Students who attend Kromrey Middle usually attend:

High:    Middleton High

Feeder schools for Kromrey Middle:

Elementary:    Elm Lawn Elementary
    Northside Elementary
    Sauk Trail Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  12.3 Help
Number of students:  1,191

Racial breakdown:

White:
61.6%
Asian:
13.4%
Hispanic:
11.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  20.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Kromrey Middle ranks better than 91.9% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 85.78. (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 (61.6%), Asian (13.4%), Hispanic (11.2%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kromrey Middle is 12.3. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kromrey Middle is $12,903.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kromrey Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Kromrey Middle 52nd of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Kromrey Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 54th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Kromrey Middle

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Rank History for all students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 78.08 42nd 324 87.0%
2005 74.21 61st 332 81.6%
2006 76.74 51st 382 86.6%
2007 74.72 66th 366 82.0%
2008 76.92 57th 519 89.0%
2009 73.71 89th 521 82.9%
2010 69.39 143rd 539 73.5%
2011 73.79 85th 549 84.5%
2012 69.05 142nd 559 74.6%
2013 84.69 35th 569 93.8%
2014 87.76 17th 585 97.1%
2015 82.01 51st 612 91.7%
2016 91.25 21st 609 96.6%
2017 92.50 22nd 612 96.4%
2018 87.77 32nd 579 94.5%
2019 86.78 40th 594 93.3%
2021 88.38 34th 613 94.5%
2022 89.33 38th 617 93.8%
2023 88.38 42nd 640 93.4%
2024 85.78 52nd 641 91.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.41 47th 96 51.0%
2019 68.54 24th 101 76.2%
2021 83.87 18th 129 86.0%
2022 82.46 12th 126 90.5%
2023 77.67 20th 132 84.8%
2024 75.61 26th 131 80.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.50 26th 140 81.4%
2019 56.28 38th 153 75.2%
2021 51.20 50th 138 63.8%
2022 37.29 97th 158 38.6%
2023 53.32 48th 170 71.8%
2024 39.78 103rd 173 40.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 94.86 3rd 417 99.3%
2019 91.62 7th 414 98.3%
2021 85.57 18th 437 95.9%
2022 92.11 6th 421 98.6%
2023 92.17 10th 439 97.7%
2024 85.62 22nd 425 94.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.69 164th 489 66.5%
2019 53.93 194th 487 60.2%
2021 50.19 224th 499 55.1%
2022 57.19 187th 522 64.2%
2023 51.67 230th 525 56.2%
2024 42.99 301st 520 42.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.94 44th 551 92.0%
2019 80.82 59th 557 89.4%
2021 86.72 33rd 574 94.3%
2022 87.55 40th 576 93.1%
2023 87.44 42nd 579 92.7%
2024 80.34 81st 580 86.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.92 22nd 551 96.0%
2019 89.80 24th 557 95.7%
2021 88.59 25th 572 95.6%
2022 89.74 29th 577 95.0%
2023 89.23 32nd 591 94.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.07 5th 90 94.4%
2019 89.60 8th 91 91.2%
2021 92.93 3rd 90 96.7%
2022 92.87 8th 95 91.6%
2023 92.17 6th 90 93.3%
2024 91.57 8th 87 90.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 62.09 29th 134 78.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.97 28th 204 86.3%
2019 66.94 48th 209 77.0%
2021 59.30 74th 225 67.1%
2022 71.49 40th 221 81.9%
2023 61.62 72nd 229 68.6%
2024 51.65 105th 239 56.1%
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Rank History for White students at Kromrey Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.18 17th 375 95.5%
2019 88.88 21st 382 94.5%
2021 88.69 17th 393 95.7%
2022 89.40 21st 397 94.7%
2023 89.63 25th 412 93.9%
2024 89.47 18th 407 95.6%
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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.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Kromrey Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 477 4 8 1 3 n/a n/a 0 493
1989 485 6 6 7 4 n/a n/a 0 508
1990 527 10 4 4 4 n/a n/a 0 549
1991 598 7 4 3 4 n/a n/a 0 616
1992 589 8 11 5 5 n/a n/a 0 618
1993 652 16 15 12 3 n/a n/a 0 698
1994 709 15 10 10 2 n/a n/a 0 746
1995 669 20 12 13 3 n/a n/a 0 717
1996 669 20 12 13 3 n/a n/a 0 717
1997 556 21 16 15 0 n/a n/a 0 608
1998 559 16 20 10 1 n/a n/a 0 606
1999 558 19 19 15 2 n/a n/a 0 613
2000 542 24 19 11 3 n/a n/a 0 599
2001 542 22 24 21 2 n/a n/a 0 611
2002 525 26 30 30 3 n/a n/a 0 614
2003 525 26 30 30 3 n/a n/a 0 614
2004 562 27 24 33 3 n/a n/a 0 649
2005 567 39 24 34 1 n/a n/a 0 665
2006 524 46 25 41 0 n/a n/a 0 636
2007 515 50 30 30 2 n/a n/a 0 627
2008 511 57 37 39 2 n/a n/a 0 646
2009 550 59 50 51 1 n/a n/a 0 711
2010 514 61 59 62 0 n/a n/a 0 696
2011 553 58 53 63 2 0 8 0 737
2012 557 46 53 59 3 0 15 0 733
2013 546 39 54 72 3 0 21 0 735
2014 534 32 59 62 3 0 27 0 717
2015 734 40 96 96 6 2 48 0 1022
2016 790 47 106 98 7 2 56 0 1106
2017 787 49 123 109 5 2 64 0 1139
2018 769 59 140 126 3 1 94 0 1192
2019 788 56 139 126 4 1 94 0 1208
2020 755 56 132 132 4 2 99 0 1180
2021 764 64 160 129 4 1 100 0 1222
2022 766 55 159 127 4 1 90 0 1202
2023 734 55 160 133 4 1 101 3 1191

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 Kromrey Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 493 41.3 11.9 4.1
1989 508 42.6 11.9 2.8
1990 549 44.0 12.4 4.4
1991 616 42.3 14.5 4.1
1992 618 48.0 12.8 5.8
1993 698 52.3 13.3 3.9
1994 746 52.8 14.1 2.8
1995 717 53.6 13.4 4
1996 717 53.6 13.4 4
1997 608 49.0 12.4 5.1
1998 606 49.8 12.2 6.1
1999 613 51.5 11.9 9.3
2000 599 50.9 11.8 8.2
2001 611 50.1 12.2 10
2002 614 54.0 11.4 14.7
2003 614 54.0 11.4 14.7
2004 649 53.5 12.1 11.6
2005 665 54.0 12.3 n/a
2006 636 51.7 12.3 n/a
2007 627 52.7 11.9 15.6
2008 646 55.1 11.7 16.4
2009 711 55.5 12.8 16.9
2010 696 57.3 12.1 19.8
2011 737 58.9 12.5 23.6
2012 733 58.8 12.4 22.8
2013 735 59.6 12.3 21.5
2014 717 62.4 11.4 24
2015 1022 n/a n/a 23.2
2016 1106 86.0 12.8 22.4
2017 1139 89.9 12.6 21.1
2018 1192 90.1 13.2 22.5
2019 1208 93.5 12.9 24.4
2020 1180 91.5 12.8 23.1
2021 1222 99.0 12.3 23.6
2022 1202 97.3 12.3 20.1
2023 1191 96.3 12.3 20.6

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 Kromrey Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 493 41.3 11.9 4.1
1989 508 42.6 11.9 2.8
1990 549 44.0 12.4 4.4
1991 616 42.3 14.5 4.1
1992 618 48.0 12.8 5.8
1993 698 52.3 13.3 3.9
1994 746 52.8 14.1 2.8
1995 717 53.6 13.4 4
1996 717 53.6 13.4 4
1997 608 49.0 12.4 5.1
1998 606 49.8 12.2 6.1
1999 613 51.5 11.9 9.3
2000 599 50.9 11.8 8.2
2001 611 50.1 12.2 10
2002 614 54.0 11.4 14.7
2003 614 54.0 11.4 14.7
2004 649 53.5 12.1 11.6
2005 665 54.0 12.3 n/a
2006 636 51.7 12.3 n/a
2007 627 52.7 11.9 15.6
2008 646 55.1 11.7 16.4
2009 711 55.5 12.8 16.9
2010 696 57.3 12.1 19.8
2011 737 58.9 12.5 23.6
2012 733 58.8 12.4 22.8
2013 735 59.6 12.3 21.5
2014 717 62.4 11.4 24
2015 1022 n/a n/a 23.2
2016 1106 86.0 12.8 22.4
2017 1139 89.9 12.6 21.1
2018 1192 90.1 13.2 22.5
2019 1208 93.5 12.9 24.4
2020 1180 91.5 12.8 23.1
2021 1222 99.0 12.3 23.6
2022 1202 97.3 12.3 20.1
2023 1191 96.3 12.3 20.6

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 Kromrey Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $136 (1.2%) $11,326 (98.8%) $11,462
2020 $176 (1.4%) $12,260 (98.6%) $12,437
2021 $172 (1.3%) $12,731 (98.7%) $12,903

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

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 40th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 42nd of 640 Middle schools
 0.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
5th Grade English Language Arts (Kromrey Middle)56.158.3
 2.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)54.655
 0.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)40.939.2
 1.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Kromrey Middle)58.765.4
 6.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)63.266.2
 3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)47.848.4
 0.5%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Kromrey Middle)6159.5
 1.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)58.960.6
 1.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Kromrey Middle)5859.1
 1.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)58.660.5
 1.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Kromrey Middle)60.562.1
 1.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)60.860.7
 0%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Kromrey Middle)62.657
 5.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)66.357.7
 8.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Kromrey Middle)59.760.4
 0.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)57.758.8
 1.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Kromrey Middle)59.460.2
 0.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)53.955.1
 1.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Kromrey Middle)74.982.1
 7.2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)76.280.3
 4.1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Kromrey Middle)76.277.2
 1%
   8th Grade Science (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)75.274.2
 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 Students12081191
 1.4%
African American5655
 1.8%
American Indian44
Asian139160
 15.1%
Hispanic126133
 5.6%
Pacific Islander11
White788734
 6.9%
Two or More Races94101
 7.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients24.4%20.6%
 3.8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Kromrey Middle

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,191 students attended Kromrey Middle.

Students who attend Kromrey Middle usually go on to attend Middleton High

Students at Kromrey Middle are 62% White, 13% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 5% African American.

Yes. Kromrey Middle ranks in the top 8.1% of Wisconsin middle schools.


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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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