Badger Middle

Summary:

Badger Middle is a public middle school located in West Bend, Wisconsin, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 851 students. The school is part of the West Bend School District, which is ranked 93 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and is rated 4 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Badger Middle consistently ranks in the top 30% of Wisconsin middle schools, with a current ranking of 179 out of 641 schools. The school's performance on the Forward Exam is impressive, with over 60% of 7th and 8th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics, outperforming the state averages. Badger Middle also excels in serving its diverse student population, ranking in the top 10% for African American students and top 15% for English Language Learners. Additionally, the school maintains very low dropout rates and chronic absenteeism rates, which are lower than the state average.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Silverbrook Intermediate and other middle schools in the surrounding area, Badger Middle's academic performance is generally stronger. The school's per-student spending has also increased in recent years, indicating a commitment to investing in resources and programs. Overall, Badger Middle is a high-performing middle school that stands out among its peers in the region.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 727 S 6th Ave
       West Bend, WI  53095-3968


(262) 335-5456

District: West Bend School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
179th of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,493 Help


Students who attend Badger Middle usually attend:

High:    East High
    West High

Feeder schools for Badger Middle:

Elementary:    Decorah Elementary
    Fair Park Elementary
    Green Tree Elementary
    Jackson Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  13.9 Help
Number of students:  851

Racial breakdown:

White:
82.1%
Hispanic:
7.2%
Two or more races:
4.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  31.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Badger Middle ranks better than 72.1% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 69.69. (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 high 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 (82.1%), Hispanic (7.2%), two or more races (4.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 31.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Badger Middle is 13.9. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Badger Middle is $11,493.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Badger Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Badger Middle 179th of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Badger Middle in the ranking list.)

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West Bend School District:

SchoolDigger ranks West Bend School District 93rd of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Badger Middle

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Rank History for all students at Badger Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 62.57 148th 324 54.3%
2005 58.37 189th 332 43.1%
2006 72.88 85th 382 77.7%
2007 74.64 68th 366 81.4%
2008 67.39 162nd 519 68.8%
2009 61.58 236th 521 54.7%
2010 67.19 165th 539 69.4%
2011 66.11 173rd 549 68.5%
2012 60.83 258th 559 53.8%
2013 63.08 187th 569 67.1%
2014 59.37 257th 585 56.1%
2015 49.12 366th 612 40.2%
2016 61.25 220th 609 63.9%
2017 46.73 339th 612 44.6%
2018 61.16 221st 579 61.8%
2019 67.61 167th 594 71.9%
2021 70.02 142nd 613 76.8%
2022 67.91 161st 617 73.9%
2023 66.56 180th 640 71.9%
2024 69.69 179th 641 72.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Badger Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 72.89 19th 101 81.2%
2021 47.51 64th 129 50.4%
2022 62.02 31st 126 75.4%
2023 62.94 41st 132 68.9%
2024 45.05 72nd 131 45.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Badger Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.59 93rd 140 33.6%
2019 81.97 4th 153 97.4%
2022 68.72 17th 158 89.2%
2023 59.98 28th 170 83.5%
2024 78.59 14th 173 91.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Badger Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.69 126th 417 69.8%
2019 68.07 73rd 414 82.4%
2021 76.16 40th 437 90.8%
2022 67.60 75th 421 82.2%
2023 62.15 102nd 439 76.8%
2024 63.06 112th 425 73.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Badger Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.52 192nd 489 60.7%
2019 61.61 137th 487 71.9%
2021 69.06 88th 499 82.4%
2022 65.09 121st 522 76.8%
2023 60.39 156th 525 70.3%
2024 65.51 135th 520 74.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Badger Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.64 222nd 551 59.7%
2019 65.29 170th 557 69.5%
2021 70.64 127th 574 77.9%
2022 63.93 172nd 576 70.1%
2023 65.15 173rd 579 70.1%
2024 70.11 164th 580 71.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Badger Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.71 198th 551 64.1%
2019 68.61 140th 557 74.9%
2021 69.61 143rd 572 75.0%
2022 71.93 116th 577 79.9%
2023 68.18 159th 591 73.1%
2024 68.93 164th 585 72.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Badger Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.50 28th 123 77.2%
2019 69.93 24th 127 81.1%
2021 80.48 12th 134 91.0%
2022 71.16 23rd 125 81.6%
2023 56.46 37th 130 71.5%
2024 90.17 8th 118 93.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Badger Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.10 136th 204 33.3%
2019 78.77 24th 209 88.5%
2021 77.65 20th 225 91.1%
2022 54.68 84th 221 62.0%
2023 56.95 85th 229 62.9%
2024 61.24 76th 239 68.2%
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Rank History for White students at Badger Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.21 158th 375 57.9%
2019 55.01 162nd 382 57.6%
2021 62.72 126th 393 67.9%
2022 61.33 132nd 397 66.8%
2023 57.22 165th 412 60.0%
2024 60.93 148th 407 63.6%
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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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Enrollment information for Badger Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 617 1 4 2 7 n/a n/a 0 631
1989 768 1 6 3 5 n/a n/a 0 783
1990 811 2 5 11 9 n/a n/a 0 838
1991 723 2 4 12 10 n/a n/a 0 751
1992 809 1 6 3 8 n/a n/a 0 827
1993 860 2 7 18 7 n/a n/a 0 894
1994 906 2 11 20 8 n/a n/a 0 947
1995 839 1 7 18 6 n/a n/a 0 871
1996 839 1 7 18 6 n/a n/a 0 871
1997 804 7 3 19 11 n/a n/a 0 844
1998 805 3 3 11 7 n/a n/a 0 829
1999 811 3 4 7 8 n/a n/a 0 833
2000 800 3 7 10 4 n/a n/a 0 824
2001 848 0 6 14 3 n/a n/a 0 871
2002 820 9 2 16 4 n/a n/a 0 851
2003 820 9 2 16 4 n/a n/a 0 851
2004 791 13 8 18 7 n/a n/a 0 837
2005 481 8 6 8 4 n/a n/a 0 507
2006 766 16 12 20 6 n/a n/a 0 820
2007 743 12 5 34 10 n/a n/a 0 804
2008 820 16 6 46 6 n/a n/a 0 894
2009 825 23 12 43 5 n/a n/a 0 908
2010 824 36 14 30 2 n/a n/a 0 906
2011 759 37 14 46 4 0 11 0 871
2012 786 35 10 50 3 1 11 0 896
2013 800 28 9 53 2 0 10 0 902
2014 848 28 18 53 2 0 12 0 961
2015 912 27 17 57 3 0 10 0 1026
2016 865 28 19 51 7 1 9 0 980
2017 816 29 12 69 7 1 22 0 956
2018 805 31 10 85 5 0 26 0 962
2019 773 25 12 73 4 0 30 0 917
2020 791 18 11 67 6 0 36 0 929
2021 761 23 9 65 6 0 40 0 904
2022 723 28 12 72 6 0 37 0 878
2023 699 28 19 61 5 0 39 0 851

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 Badger Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 631 41.7 15.1 7.6
1989 783 48.8 16.0 7
1990 838 51.5 16.2 7.9
1991 751 52.2 14.3 7.1
1992 827 53.7 15.4 7.6
1993 894 57.9 15.4 5.7
1994 947 59.3 16.0 7.4
1995 871 57.7 15.1 6.5
1996 871 57.7 15.1 6.5
1997 844 59.2 14.3 6.2
1998 829 58.8 14.1 6.3
1999 833 57.3 14.5 10.4
2000 824 54.6 15.1 10.9
2001 871 59.2 14.7 12.4
2002 851 57.9 14.7 14.6
2003 851 57.9 14.7 14.6
2004 837 56.3 14.9 15.5
2005 507 56.3 9.0 n/a
2006 820 55.2 14.9 n/a
2007 804 56.4 14.3 21.6
2008 894 55.9 16.0 22.9
2009 908 56.5 16.1 24.9
2010 906 58.5 15.4 30.5
2011 871 56.6 15.3 35.7
2012 896 46.4 19.2 34.5
2013 902 53.1 16.9 32.7
2014 961 54.2 17.7 32
2015 1026 n/a n/a 33.7
2016 980 62.0 15.8 32.9
2017 956 58.8 16.2 28.9
2018 962 61.4 15.6 26.8
2019 917 59.7 15.3 30.9
2020 929 59.6 15.5 29.2
2021 904 59.9 15.0 32.3
2022 878 61.4 14.2 33.3
2023 851 60.9 13.9 31.5

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 Badger Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 631 41.7 15.1 7.6
1989 783 48.8 16.0 7
1990 838 51.5 16.2 7.9
1991 751 52.2 14.3 7.1
1992 827 53.7 15.4 7.6
1993 894 57.9 15.4 5.7
1994 947 59.3 16.0 7.4
1995 871 57.7 15.1 6.5
1996 871 57.7 15.1 6.5
1997 844 59.2 14.3 6.2
1998 829 58.8 14.1 6.3
1999 833 57.3 14.5 10.4
2000 824 54.6 15.1 10.9
2001 871 59.2 14.7 12.4
2002 851 57.9 14.7 14.6
2003 851 57.9 14.7 14.6
2004 837 56.3 14.9 15.5
2005 507 56.3 9.0 n/a
2006 820 55.2 14.9 n/a
2007 804 56.4 14.3 21.6
2008 894 55.9 16.0 22.9
2009 908 56.5 16.1 24.9
2010 906 58.5 15.4 30.5
2011 871 56.6 15.3 35.7
2012 896 46.4 19.2 34.5
2013 902 53.1 16.9 32.7
2014 961 54.2 17.7 32
2015 1026 n/a n/a 33.7
2016 980 62.0 15.8 32.9
2017 956 58.8 16.2 28.9
2018 962 61.4 15.6 26.8
2019 917 59.7 15.3 30.9
2020 929 59.6 15.5 29.2
2021 904 59.9 15.0 32.3
2022 878 61.4 14.2 33.3
2023 851 60.9 13.9 31.5

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 Badger Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $293 (2.7%) $10,447 (97.3%) $10,739
2020 $262 (2.5%) $10,134 (97.5%) $10,396
2021 $458 (4.0%) $11,035 (96.0%) $11,493

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Badger Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 167th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 180th of 640 Middle schools
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Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Badger Middle)54.545
 9.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (West Bend School District)53.845
 8.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Badger Middle)53.245.5
 7.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (West Bend School District)52.445.5
 6.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Badger Middle)46.936.3
 10.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (West Bend School District)46.336.3
 10.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Badger Middle)44.945.4
 0.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (West Bend School District)43.745.4
 1.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Badger Middle)50.667.1
 16.5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (West Bend School District)5067.1
 17.1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Badger Middle)6058.2
 1.7%
   8th Grade Science (West Bend School District)61.158.2
 2.9%
   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 Students917851
 7.2%
African American2528
 12%
American Indian45
 25%
Asian1219
 58.3%
Hispanic7361
 16.4%
Pacific Islander00
White773699
 9.6%
Two or More Races3039
 30%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients30.9%31.5%
 0.6%


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Badger Middle ranks 179th of 641 Wisconsin middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Badger Middle are 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 3% African American, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 851 students attended Badger Middle.

Students who attend Badger Middle usually go on to attend East 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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