Summary:
ZIP code 53190 has a single public middle school: Whitewater Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 394 students at 401 S Elizabeth St in Whitewater. It is part of the Whitewater Unified School District. Because it is the only middle school in this ZIP code, there is no local school-to-school comparison to make — the meaningful comparison is between this school and district and state averages. Whitewater Middle reports a student-teacher ratio of 11.4, per-student spending of $16,655, and 50.25% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, meaning roughly half the student body is economically disadvantaged by that measure.
Attendance is Whitewater Middle's clearest strength. Chronic absenteeism is 7.5%, below the district's 7.7% and well under Wisconsin's 17.3% — less than half the state rate. Dropout is reported at 0.0% for 2024–2025, compared with 0.2% in the district and 1.1% statewide. Academically, 8th grade Social Studies produced the only above-state result in the data, at 69.67% proficient in 2024–2025 versus 62.51% statewide. Sixth grade English language arts also improved markedly, from 41.80% to 54.42%, nearly matching the state's 54.95% in 2025–2026, and 6th grade math rose from 41.46% to 45.58%.
In 2025–2026, however, every listed test score fell below the state average. The largest gaps were 7th grade math (45.30% vs. 55.67%) and 7th grade ELA (45.30% vs. 55.33%). Eighth grade Social Studies dropped sharply from 69.67% to 59.35%, moving from above state to below state, and 8th grade science slipped slightly while the state rose. The school's simple average across the listed tests was 48.87% in 2024–2025 and 48.42% in 2025–2026, against state averages of 54.42% and 55.51%. Whitewater Middle currently holds a 2-star rating, ranked 418 of 643 schools, in the 35th percentile for 2025–2026.
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