Summary
Walker Middle is a grades 6–8 school serving 228 students in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin — a small city on the Door County peninsula — and it is the largest of the three middle schools compared here. It ranks in the 87th percentile of Wisconsin middle schools for 2025–26 (83rd of 643 schools, 4 stars), placing it in the top 13% statewide, though slightly below its 2023–24 peak of 92nd percentile. Notably, the school ranks well above its Sturgeon Bay School District overall (73rd percentile), suggesting the middle school is a relative bright spot in the district.
Walker beats the Wisconsin average in all eight tested areas for 2025–26, with its biggest advantages in 8th grade Science (+24.5 points), 8th grade ELA (+23.4), 8th grade Math (+21.3), and 6th grade ELA (+21.4). Math is more uneven: 7th grade math sits at 56.94% — just 1.3 points above the state and down sharply from 77.14% the year before. Compared with nearby schools, Southern Door Middle edges ahead in 7th and 8th grade math, 8th grade social studies, and 8th grade science, while Walker leads in ELA at every grade and posts slightly higher overall proficiency despite serving more low-income families. Sevastopol Middle is the regional academic benchmark, ranking 16th of 643 schools and outperforming Walker in every tested area — though it reports higher chronic absenteeism (14.4%) and a 4.0% dropout rate.
Subgroup results are unusually uneven. English Language Learner students rank 1st of 169 schools statewide (99th percentile), and low-income students sit in the 90th percentile. Special Education students, however, fell to 313th of 439 — the 29th percentile, 1 star — after ranking in the 83rd percentile two years earlier, an area worth watching. In context, Walker has the highest free/reduced lunch rate of the three schools (48.68%), yet the lowest student-teacher ratio (9:1), spending of $18,361 per student, 9.9% chronic absenteeism (below district and state), and a 0.0% dropout rate.
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