Summary:
Zip code 53144 contains two middle schools — Mahone Middle and Bullen Middle — both serving grades 6–8 in the Kenosha School District, which is rated 340th of 432 districts statewide (21st percentile, 1 star).
Mahone Middle, with 1,025 students, is the academic standout. It ranked 335th of 643 schools in 2025–2026 (48th percentile, 2 stars), well above its own district's rating, and scored above the district in every tested subject and grade. It also beat the state in 8th grade ELA (57.23% proficient vs. 54.38%) and 8th grade Social Studies (67.30% vs. 64.63%). Its biggest year-over-year gains came in Social Studies 8 (+10.93 points), Science 8 (+8.49) and ELA 8 (+8.37).
Bullen Middle, with 754 students, ranked 553rd of 643 (14th percentile, 1 star) and fell below both the district and the state in every tested subject and grade — for example, Math 7 at 24.15% proficient vs. the state's 55.67%, and Social Studies 8 at 36.36% vs. 64.63%. Its average proficiency slipped about 3 points while Mahone's rose about 4, widening the gap between them to roughly 22 percentage points. Bullen does have some favorable structural measures: chronic absenteeism of 23.2% vs. Mahone's 24.4% (district 27.6%, state 17.3%), a lower student-teacher ratio (13.0 vs. 15.2), higher per-student spending ($15,060 vs. $13,811), and both schools report 0.0% dropout. Note that Bullen's free/reduced lunch rate is 69.1% compared with 37.37% at Mahone.
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