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Beaver Dam Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
108 Fourth St
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
Phone
(920) 885-7365
District
BEAVER DAM UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
DODGE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
697
Classroom Teachers
57

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Wisconsin

4

(10 is best)

Better than 36.5% of all WI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Beaver Dam Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
34%
39%
27%
38%
41%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
37%
29%
39%
30%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
39%
32%
32%
34%
45%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 245 35.2%
Grade 7 208 29.8%
Grade 8 244 35.0%
Total 697 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.1% 75.7% 71.2%
Black 2.1% 2.3% 9.2%
Hispanic 22.3% 21.0% 13.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.2% 0.7% 4.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 1.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 49.6% 49.6% 39.4%
Free lunch eligible 41.5% 41.1% 35.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.2% 8.6% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,878 5,892,539
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 211.8 108
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.8% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.0% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.7% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.9% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 18.6% 17.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,096 2,425,488
Single Parent Households With Children 9.1% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.5% 93.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.0% 32.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.7% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.3% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 17.2% 14.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.2% 18.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.2% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.7% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 4.8% 7.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,285 $25,249,810 49.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $746 $2,585,636 5.1%
Staff $492 $1,705,272 3.4%
General Administration $153 $530,298 1.0%
School Administration $697 $2,415,802 4.8%
Operation $2,235 $7,746,510 15.3%
Transportation $382 $1,324,012 2.6%
Other $551 $1,909,766 3.8%
Total Support $5,257 $18,220,762 35.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,095 $7,261,270 14.3%
Total Expenditures $14,637 $50,731,842 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,699 $6,386,625,832 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $674 $558,913,478 4.2%
Staff $736 $610,274,665 4.5%
General Administration $291 $241,011,944 1.8%
School Administration $677 $561,313,676 4.2%
Operation $1,271 $1,054,524,399 7.8%
Transportation $506 $419,848,997 3.1%
Other $663 $549,562,435 4.1%
Total Support $4,816 $3,995,343,921 29.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,688 $3,059,218,482 22.8%
Total Expenditures $16,204 $13,441,258,097 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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