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Roosevelt Middle

Public Grades 6-8

589^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 628 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Better than 6% of Wisconsin middle schools

Summary

Roosevelt Middle is a public middle school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving 225 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Milwaukee School District, which is ranked 415 out of 426 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Roosevelt Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin middle schools over the past decade, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic performance is significantly below state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 14.55% of 6th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 53.66% and the Milwaukee School District average of 23.83%. The school also struggles with high dropout rates and chronic absenteeism.

While the nearby schools in the Milwaukee School District also perform poorly, some nearby schools in other districts, such as Carmen Middle School South and Whitefish Bay Middle, demonstrate significantly higher academic performance, suggesting that the challenges faced by Roosevelt Middle may be specific to the district and require targeted strategies to address the root causes of the school's underperformance.

270

Students ?

17.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,194

Per pupil spending ?

95.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

800 W Walnut St
Milwaukee, WI 53205-1717

(414) 267-8800

District: Milwaukee School District

Students who attend Roosevelt Middle usually attend:

High:	Audubon Technology and Communication High
	Bradley Technology High
	King International
	Milwaukee High School of the Arts
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	Milwaukee School of Languages
	Reagan College Preparatory High

Feeder schools for Roosevelt Middle:

Elementary:	Academy of Accelerated Learning
	Alcott Elementary
	Allen-Field Elementary
	Auer Avenue Elementary
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	Barbee Elementary
	Barton Elementary
	Bay View Montessori School
	Bethune Academy
	Brown Street Academy
	Browning Elementary
	Bruce Elementary
	Bryant Elementary
	Burbank Elementary
	Burdick Elementary
	Carson Academy
	Carver Academy
	Cass Street Elementary
	Clarke Street Elementary
	Clemens Elementary
	Clement Avenue Elementary
	Congress Elementary
	Cooper Elementary
	Craig Montessori School
	Curtin Elementary
	Doerfler Elementary
	Eighty-First Street Elementary
	Elm Creative Arts Elementary
	Emerson Elementary
	Engleburg Elementary
	Fairview Elementary
	Fernwood Montessori
	Fifty-Third Street Elementary
	Forest Home Elementary
	Franklin Elementary
	Fratney Elementary
	Gaenslen Elementary
	Garland Elementary
	Goodrich Elementary
	Grantosa Drive Elementary
	Greenfield Bilingual
	Hampton Elementary
	Hartford Avenue Elementary
	Hawthorne Elementary
	Hayes Bilingual School
	High-Mount Elementary
	Holmes Elementary
	Honey Creek Elementary
	Hopkins Lloyd Community School
	Humboldt Park Elementary
	Jackson Elementary
	Kagel Elementary
	Keefe Avenue Elementary
	Kilbourn Elementary
	King Junior Elementary
	Kluge Elementary
	LaFollette Elementary
	Lancaster Elementary
	Lincoln Avenue Elementary
	Longfellow Elementary
	Lowell International Elementary
	Manitoba Elementary
	Maple Tree Elementary
	Maryland Montessori
	Metcalfe Elementary
	Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language
	Milwaukee French Immersion
	Milwaukee German Immersion
	Milwaukee Parkside School
	Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary
	Milwaukee Spanish Immersion
	Mitchell Elementary
	Morgandale Elementary
	Neeskara Elementary
	Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary
	Parkview Elementary
	Pratt Elementary
	Riley Dual Language Montessori School
	River Trail School of Agricultural Science
	Riverwest Elementary
	Rogers Street Academy
	Sherman Elementary
	Siefert Elementary
	Starms Discovery
	Starms Early Childhood
	Story Elementary
	Stuart Elementary
	Thoreau Elementary
	Thurston Woods Elementary
	Townsend Street Elementary
	Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies
	U S Grant School
	Victory Elementary
	Vieau Elementary
	Westside Academy
	Whitman Elementary
	Whittier Elementary
	Zablocki Elementary

Racial breakdown:

African American:

88.9%

Hispanic:

4.4%

Two or more races:

4.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 1st percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (15% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (63% vs 17% Wisconsin)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school15%

District avg25%

Wisconsin avg54%

589^th of 628

Wisconsin public middle schools ?

Bottom 6%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 1% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 7Middle Schools in the Milwaukee School District

415^th of 426Milwaukee School District among Wisconsin districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	4.6	589 of 628	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.1	623 of 641	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.6	616 of 640	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.6	605 of 617	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.2	580 of 613	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.0	589 of 594	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.7	570 of 579	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	1.7	608 of 612	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	2.4	598 of 609	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	1.3	605 of 612	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	1.5	578 of 585	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	2.2	551 of 569	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	2.6	535 of 559	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	4.5	526 of 549	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	9.4	496 of 539	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	6.6	485 of 521	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	5.5	489 of 519	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	15.0	324 of 366	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	13.7	337 of 382	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	27.4	285 of 332	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	19.7	285 of 324	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	35.0	76 of 117	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	18.9	109 of 118	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	30.6	96 of 130	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.3	117 of 125	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	33.2	96 of 134	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.1	120 of 127	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	114 of 123	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	6.5	536 of 573	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.3	557 of 580	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.8	553 of 579	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.4	559 of 576	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.0	549 of 574	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.1	550 of 557	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.8	546 of 551	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2024	2.7	516 of 520	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.0	514 of 525	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.5	518 of 522	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.8	488 of 499	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.4	487 of 489	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	3.9	544 of 577	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.6	581 of 585	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.3	579 of 591	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.2	563 of 577	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.2	544 of 572	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.8	553 of 557	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.8	540 of 551	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	24.4	340 of 414	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	381 of 425	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.3	391 of 439	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.1	363 of 421	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.3	406 of 437	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	394 of 414	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.9	392 of 417	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)35th percentile+29 vs school

Special Education (2025)18th percentile+12 vs school

Female (2025)6th percentile~ school

Male (2025)6th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies25%-38 vs state

Science18%-32 vs state

English Language Arts17%-37 vs state

Mathematics8%-46 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)			Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)			Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)	Forward Exam Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Roosevelt Middle	Public	6-8	800 W Walnut St	Milwaukee	53205	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 267-8800	270	16	17.1	95.2%	2 (0.7%)	240 (88.9%)	12 (4.4%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.1%)	4.6	589^th of 628 public middle schools	6.2%		2.1	623^rd of 641 public middle schools	2.8%	34	14.6	12.5	20.4	3.7	1.6	14.7	24.7	18.1	$17,194	$2,474	$14,720
Lincoln Middle	Public	6-8	820 E Knapp St	Milwaukee	53202	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 212-3300	309	20	15.5	93.2%	10 (3.2%)	198 (64.1%)	84 (27.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.5%)	3	599^th of 628 public middle schools	4.6%		1.9	626^th of 641 public middle schools	2.3%	27	2.9	11.0	12.0	0.0	2.4	12.0	24.2	15.4	$16,292	$2,819	$13,473
King International Baccalaureate Middle	Public	6-8	121 E Hadley St	Milwaukee	53212	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 616-5200	159	15	10.2	91.2%	0 (0.0%)	144 (90.6%)	7 (4.4%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	1.3	625^th of 628 public middle schools	0.5%		1.3	636^th of 641 public middle schools	0.8%	11	12.9	5.3	0.0	0.0	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	$14,872	$2,544	$12,329
Andrew S Douglas Middle	Public	6-8	3620 N 18th St	Milwaukee	53206	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 256-8200	106	8	13.2	88.7%	0 (0.0%)	99 (93.4%)	3 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)	1.4	623^rd of 628 public middle schools	0.8%		1.4	635^th of 641 public middle schools	0.9%	12	4.4	8.7	6.7	2.2	0.0	0.0	14.3	0.0	$15,697	$2,861	$12,837
United Community Center Acosta Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	1038 S 6th Street	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	United Community Center Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 647-2518	188	17	11.0	80.3%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	186 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	24.3	498^th of 628 public middle schools	20.7%		31.1	485^th of 641 public middle schools	24.3%	13	36.8	27.5	32.3	34.9	31.4	40.3	54.8	33.9	$8,912	$00	$8,912
Shorewood Intermediate	Public	7-8	3830 N Morris Blvd	Shorewood	53211	Milwaukee County	Shorewood School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 963-6951	300	23	13.1	17.0%	201 (67.0%)	27 (9.0%)	33 (11.0%)	17 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.3%)	83.2	67^th of 628 public middle schools	89.3%		83.1	64^th of 641 public middle schools	90.0%	3		80.9	77.1		75.8	65.7	81.0	59.7	$14,225	$364	$13,861
Carmen Middle School South	Public, Charter	6-8	2433 S 15th St	Milwaukee	53215	Milwaukee County	Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(414) 310-8056	191	15	12.7	100.0%	3 (1.6%)	22 (11.5%)	160 (83.8%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	26.7	487^th of 628 public middle schools	22.5%		14.8	559^th of 641 public middle schools	12.8%	72	38.6	31.0	44.4	34.5	31.0	33.3	55.6	36.5
West Milwaukee Intermediate	Public	6-8	5104 W Greenfield Ave	West Milwaukee	53214	Milwaukee County	West Allis-West Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 604-3310	378	29	13.1	76.7%	114 (30.2%)	59 (15.6%)	154 (40.7%)	10 (2.6%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.2%)	19.8	523^rd of 628 public middle schools	16.7%		19.8	544^th of 641 public middle schools	15.1%	21	38.7	36.0	27.9	33.1	28.7	22.5	51.7	25.8	$14,867	$1,308	$13,558
Whitefish Bay Middle	Public	6-8	1144 E Henry Clay St	Whitefish Bay	53217	Milwaukee County	Whitefish Bay School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 963-6800	612	45	13.6		463 (75.7%)	29 (4.7%)	34 (5.6%)	33 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (8.7%)	93.5	8^th of 628 public middle schools	98.7%		92.2	17^th of 641 public middle schools	97.3%	9	85.7	89.6	84.2	84.8	88.1	81.6	87.2	78.6	$12,394	$515	$11,879
Longfellow Middle	Public	6-8	7600 W North Ave	Wauwatosa	53213	Milwaukee County	Wauwatosa School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 773-2400	782	50	15.7	18.3%	546 (69.8%)	93 (11.9%)	55 (7.0%)	17 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (8.8%)	86.5	45^th of 628 public middle schools	92.8%		81.8	72^nd of 641 public middle schools	88.8%	27	76.7	72.9	72.8	77.9	72.1	73.9	84.1	75.9	$11,869	$328	$11,539

Frequently Asked Questions about Roosevelt Middle

What high school do graduates of Roosevelt Middle attend?

Students who attend Roosevelt Middle usually go on to attend Audubon Technology and Communication High

What is the racial makeup of Roosevelt Middle?

Students at Roosevelt Middle are 89% African American, 4% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

What district is Roosevelt Middle in?

Milwaukee School District

Is Roosevelt Middle a good school?

Roosevelt Middle ranks in the bottom 6.2% of Wisconsin middle schools.

How many students attend Roosevelt Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 270 students attended Roosevelt Middle.

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