Bessie Allen Middle

Summary:

Bessie Allen Middle is a public middle school located in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 314 students. The school is part of the North Fond du Lac School District, which is ranked 390 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bessie Allen Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Wisconsin middle schools, ranking between 460-534 out of 579-640 schools over the past 10 years, and has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the entire period, indicating it is among the lowest-performing middle schools in the state. The school struggles across various student subgroups, with male students, Hispanic students, White students, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds all ranking in the bottom half or quarter of Wisconsin middle schools. Bessie Allen Middle's proficiency rates on the Forward Exam are consistently below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, ranging from 36.89% to 46.88% in English Language Arts and 43.69% to 46.15% in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 50.36% to 54.1% and 53.29% to 53.55%, respectively.

Compared to nearby schools, Bessie Allen Middle significantly underperforms. The Accelerated Advanced Learning Program, a public charter school in the Oshkosh Area School District, consistently ranks among the top middle schools in the state, with proficiency rates well above the state averages. Other nearby public middle schools, such as Tipler Middle, South Park Middle, and Traeger Middle, also outperform Bessie Allen Middle across various metrics, including academic achievement, student group performance, and school rankings.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 305 McKinley St
       North Fond du Lac, WI  54937


(920) 929-3754

District: North Fond du Lac School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
461st of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,834 Help


Students who attend Bessie Allen Middle usually attend:

High:    Horace Mann High

Feeder schools for Bessie Allen Middle:

Elementary:    Friendship Learning Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  14.8 Help
Number of students:  323

Racial breakdown:

White:
64.7%
Hispanic:
27.2%
Two or more races:
5.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  45.5% Help


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Compare Details Bessie Allen Middle ranks worse than 71.9% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 35.26. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (64.7%), Hispanic (27.2%), two or more races (5.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 45.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bessie Allen Middle is 14.8. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bessie Allen Middle is $12,834.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bessie Allen Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Bessie Allen Middle 461st of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Bessie Allen Middle in the ranking list.)

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North Fond du Lac School District:

SchoolDigger ranks North Fond du Lac School District 390th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Bessie Allen Middle

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Rank History for all students at Bessie Allen Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 47.34 234th 324 27.8%
2006 57.23 230th 382 39.8%
2008 42.70 393rd 519 24.3%
2009 41.63 407th 521 21.9%
2010 41.23 425th 539 21.2%
2011 35.14 453rd 549 17.5%
2012 40.67 449th 559 19.7%
2013 29.62 470th 569 17.4%
2014 30.55 480th 585 17.9%
2015 22.27 514th 612 16.0%
2016 30.93 460th 609 24.5%
2017 16.28 534th 612 12.7%
2018 27.25 466th 579 19.5%
2019 29.51 468th 594 21.2%
2021 27.50 489th 613 20.2%
2022 29.82 466th 617 24.5%
2023 25.61 506th 640 20.9%
2024 35.26 461st 641 28.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bessie Allen Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.45 123rd 140 12.1%
2019 51.47 52nd 153 66.0%
2021 46.16 63rd 138 54.3%
2022 37.67 93rd 158 41.1%
2023 36.64 114th 170 32.9%
2024 33.93 123rd 173 28.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Bessie Allen Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.16 173rd 417 58.5%
2019 48.93 190th 414 54.1%
2021 58.67 119th 437 72.8%
2022 37.73 261st 421 38.0%
2023 43.02 235th 439 46.5%
2024 41.93 225th 425 47.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bessie Allen Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.47 409th 489 16.4%
2019 30.85 385th 487 20.9%
2021 27.27 408th 499 18.2%
2022 24.33 434th 522 16.9%
2023 24.49 427th 525 18.7%
2024 24.33 435th 520 16.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Bessie Allen Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.46 478th 551 13.2%
2019 21.25 470th 557 15.6%
2021 26.13 471st 574 17.9%
2022 28.75 444th 576 22.9%
2023 30.57 433rd 579 25.2%
2024 29.09 450th 580 22.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Bessie Allen Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.42 368th 551 33.2%
2019 42.46 358th 557 35.7%
2021 31.90 427th 572 25.3%
2022 33.33 412th 577 28.6%
2023 22.19 483rd 591 18.3%
2024 45.91 360th 585 38.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bessie Allen Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 30.26 157th 209 24.9%
2021 40.64 137th 225 39.1%
2022 37.73 134th 221 39.4%
2023 22.27 196th 229 14.4%
2024 30.11 177th 239 25.9%
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Rank History for White students at Bessie Allen Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.96 335th 375 10.7%
2019 19.42 336th 382 12.0%
2021 17.34 353rd 393 10.2%
2022 24.27 327th 397 17.6%
2023 17.57 361st 412 12.4%
2024 25.98 320th 407 21.4%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Bessie Allen Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 281 2 2 7 6 n/a n/a 0 298
1990 306 2 1 3 4 n/a n/a 0 316
1991 325 1 3 2 3 n/a n/a 0 334
1992 346 3 2 1 1 n/a n/a 0 353
1993 314 2 1 0 1 n/a n/a 0 318
1994 311 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 314
1995 288 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 291
1996 288 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 291
1997 285 2 1 2 0 n/a n/a 0 290
1998 288 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 291
1999 282 2 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 286
2000 288 1 0 4 4 n/a n/a 0 297
2001 255 3 0 6 1 n/a n/a 0 265
2002 286 0 1 13 3 n/a n/a 0 303
2003 286 0 1 13 3 n/a n/a 0 303
2004 279 2 2 14 4 n/a n/a 0 301
2005 163 0 0 8 3 n/a n/a 0 174
2006 270 4 2 13 1 n/a n/a 0 290
2007 265 3 4 19 2 n/a n/a 0 293
2008 255 2 4 16 4 n/a n/a 0 281
2009 249 3 5 21 2 n/a n/a 0 280
2010 221 3 2 20 2 n/a n/a 0 248
2011 241 4 2 19 1 0 0 0 267
2012 233 4 2 20 2 0 0 0 261
2013 236 2 2 18 1 0 0 0 259
2014 236 7 3 24 1 1 1 0 273
2015 227 5 4 30 0 1 1 0 268
2016 234 7 4 27 0 2 0 0 274
2017 231 9 3 40 0 1 0 0 284
2018 242 14 4 52 0 2 1 0 315
2019 228 11 5 73 1 0 9 0 327
2020 225 6 8 79 1 0 17 0 336
2021 213 4 8 77 1 0 15 0 318
2022 206 5 7 81 0 0 16 0 315
2023 216 6 4 77 0 0 11 0 314
2024 209 4 5 88 0 0 17 0 323

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bessie Allen Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 298 17.8 16.7 6.4
1990 316 16.9 18.6 6.6
1991 334 17.9 18.6 6.6
1992 353 16.9 20.8 9.9
1993 318 18.4 17.3 8.8
1994 314 20.1 15.6 9.9
1995 291 20.2 14.4 7.6
1996 291 20.2 14.4 7.6
1997 290 19.3 15.0 6.2
1998 291 19.4 15.0 6.2
1999 286 20.0 14.3 11.2
2000 297 19.9 14.9 10.4
2001 265 18.8 14.1 14.3
2002 303 18.9 16.0 23.8
2003 303 18.9 16.0 23.8
2004 301 18.9 15.9 19.9
2005 174 18.6 9.4 n/a
2006 290 18.7 15.5 n/a
2007 293 17.7 16.6 29.7
2008 281 17.7 15.9 32.4
2009 280 18.7 15.0 36.8
2010 248 19.8 12.4 39.9
2011 267 19.8 13.4 43.8
2012 261 19.1 13.6 45.2
2013 259 19.1 13.5 47.5
2014 273 19.5 13.9 53.1
2015 268 n/a n/a 57.1
2016 274 19.0 14.4 55.8
2017 284 19.6 14.4 50.7
2018 315 21.5 14.6 49.5
2019 327 20.5 15.9 47.7
2020 336 22.2 15.1 51.8
2021 318 22.3 14.2 57.2
2022 315 21.8 14.4 55.9
2023 314 22.7 13.7 46.8
2024 323 21.7 14.8 45.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bessie Allen Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 298 17.8 16.7 6.4
1990 316 16.9 18.6 6.6
1991 334 17.9 18.6 6.6
1992 353 16.9 20.8 9.9
1993 318 18.4 17.3 8.8
1994 314 20.1 15.6 9.9
1995 291 20.2 14.4 7.6
1996 291 20.2 14.4 7.6
1997 290 19.3 15.0 6.2
1998 291 19.4 15.0 6.2
1999 286 20.0 14.3 11.2
2000 297 19.9 14.9 10.4
2001 265 18.8 14.1 14.3
2002 303 18.9 16.0 23.8
2003 303 18.9 16.0 23.8
2004 301 18.9 15.9 19.9
2005 174 18.6 9.4 n/a
2006 290 18.7 15.5 n/a
2007 293 17.7 16.6 29.7
2008 281 17.7 15.9 32.4
2009 280 18.7 15.0 36.8
2010 248 19.8 12.4 39.9
2011 267 19.8 13.4 43.8
2012 261 19.1 13.6 45.2
2013 259 19.1 13.5 47.5
2014 273 19.5 13.9 53.1
2015 268 n/a n/a 57.1
2016 274 19.0 14.4 55.8
2017 284 19.6 14.4 50.7
2018 315 21.5 14.6 49.5
2019 327 20.5 15.9 47.7
2020 336 22.2 15.1 51.8
2021 318 22.3 14.2 57.2
2022 315 21.8 14.4 55.9
2023 314 22.7 13.7 46.8
2024 323 21.7 14.8 45.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Bessie Allen Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $421 (3.7%) $10,886 (96.3%) $11,307
2020 $237 (1.9%) $12,036 (98.1%) $12,273
2021 $333 (2.6%) $12,501 (97.4%) $12,834

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Bessie Allen Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 468th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 506th of 640 Middle schools
 0.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Bessie Allen Middle)39.330
 9.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (North Fond du Lac School District)39.329.9
 9.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Bessie Allen Middle)27.738
 10.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Fond du Lac School District)27.736.5
 8.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Bessie Allen Middle)35.627.6
 8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (North Fond du Lac School District)35.627.5
 8.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Bessie Allen Middle)17.821.9
 4.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Fond du Lac School District)17.821.1
 3.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Bessie Allen Middle)24.812.6
 12.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (North Fond du Lac School District)24.815.7
 9.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Bessie Allen Middle)16.84.2
 12.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Fond du Lac School District)16.87.8
 9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Bessie Allen Middle)45.542.1
 3.4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (North Fond du Lac School District)45.545.1
 0.4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Bessie Allen Middle)48.535.8
 12.7%
   8th Grade Science (North Fond du Lac School District)48.539.2
 9.3%
   8th Grade Science (Wisconsin)54.649.4
 5.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students327314
 4%
African American116
 45.5%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian54
 20%
Hispanic7377
 5.5%
Pacific Islander00
White228216
 5.3%
Two or More Races911
 22.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients47.7%46.8%
 0.9%


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Students who attend Bessie Allen Middle usually go on to attend Horace Mann High

Students at Bessie Allen Middle are 65% White, 27% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% African American.

Bessie Allen Middle ranks 461st of 641 Wisconsin middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 323 students attended Bessie Allen Middle.


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