The top reported proficiency rate is 89% in Social studies. The lowest is 75% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Sevastopol Middle
Sevastopol Middle serves grades six through eight in Door County, operating as a regular public school within the Sevastopol School District. The school building sits on Highway 57 near Sturgeon Bay, the county seat, a city that combines a working shipbuilding port with a tourism economy built on the Door Peninsula’s scenic draw. The downtown on 3rd Avenue offers walkable shopping and dining, while the community also includes parks, a multi-use trail system, lighthouses, and a campus of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. For a family living in or near Sturgeon Bay, the middle school is integrated into the larger civic fabric rather than isolated on a remote campus.
The school’s enrollment is small and stays consistent across grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a notable Hispanic share and a very small Black population. Roughly a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that places the school in a moderate range for economic need. Because the school serves only middle grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and the district does not operate a high school on this campus; students in the Sevastopol district attend Sevastopol High School elsewhere. Data on special education identification and English learner status was not available.
On the Wisconsin Forward assessments, the results are strong across the board. In math, proficiency rates climb from solid in sixth grade to very high in seventh and eighth. In English language arts, the trajectory also rises, with the eighth-grade figure well above what many schools see. Science and social studies, tested only in eighth grade, both show high proficiency. The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages all tested subjects and grades, places it in the top quartile among the five districts in Door County. A parent looking at these results would see a school where most students meet or exceed state standards, with particular strength in the upper middle grades.
The school environment data is thin. There is no information on discipline, chronic absenteeism, or staffing ratios, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those areas. Course access and program offerings were also not provided. The district itself does not appear to have undergone recent visible changes that would affect a family’s decision, and no major referendum or program shift was found in public records.
For housing context, home values in the area sit above the Wisconsin state median and close to the national median. The local economy, anchored by shipbuilding, food-service equipment manufacturing, and tourism, has been stable, and the city’s population has held steady over recent decades. The school’s moderate share of students eligible for meal support aligns with a community that has both working-class and professional households.
Sevastopol Middle offers a focused academic experience in a small setting, with consistent statewide test results that run from solid to very strong depending on the subject and grade. A family moving to Door County and considering this school should feel confident in the academic core but may want to learn more about the specific programs, enrichment offerings, and student-support structures the school provides, since that detail is not available here. The school fits a parent who values a tight-knit middle school in a stable, scenic community with a real economy behind it.
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