Cudahy Middle

Cudahy Middle is a public school serving grades 7–8 with 247 students in the city of Cudahy, a small, densely settled suburb just south of Milwaukee, and it is part of the Cudahy School District.

Statewide, the Cudahy School District ranks 388 of 432 districts (10th percentile, 1 star), and Cudahy Middle itself ranks 508 of 643 schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 21st percentile with 1 star. Across every year in its available history from 2015–2016 through 2025–2026, it has never exceeded the 23rd percentile. The school scored below Wisconsin in every Forward Exam subject in 2025–2026, with 8th grade ELA and 8th grade math the weakest, each roughly 22–25 percentage points below the state. Science and social studies were closer but still below. Compared with its nearest peer, South Milwaukee Middle (1.63 miles away) has a similar overall rank, but Cudahy is higher in 7th grade ELA and 8th grade science while lower in 8th grade ELA, both math grades, and social studies. Cudahy also outperforms Wedgewood Park School, Audubon Technology and Communication Middle, and Carmen Middle School South in most subjects, but trails United Community Center Acosta Middle School in math, and is well behind Deer Creek Intermediate, Greenfield Middle, Oak Creek West Middle, Oak Creek East Middle, and Greendale Middle.

Two issues stand out. Chronic absenteeism reached 37.3% in 2024–25 — more than double the state rate of 17.3% and up from 23.2% in 2022–23 — and the reported dropout rate was 2.3%. The school is relatively well resourced, with $20,110 spent per student and a 10.7-to-1 student-teacher ratio, both more favorable than most nearby suburban schools, yet outcomes remain below them. Effectiveness for special education students has improved (44th percentile) and for low-income students (22nd), though both remain below the statewide median. Some subject-level gains are encouraging, but they have not yet lifted the school out of the bottom quartile.