Enrollment
77
Middle
DISTRICT 117 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALMOND-BANCROFT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550024003076
Almond-Bancroft Middle
1336 Elm St, Almond, WI 54909 · (715) 366-2941 · Portage County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL77 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
33 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 19 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 38% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Almond-Bancroft Middle→Almond-Bancroft High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Almond-Bancroft School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
27.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 36.5% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Almond-Bancroft Middle
Almond-Bancroft Middle's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almond-Bancroft Middle this school | 77 | 42.9% | 37.7% |
| Highland Community Middle Highland | 58 | 44.8% | 46.8% |
| Plum City Middle School Plum City | 51 | 47.1% | 49.7% |
| Shullsburg Junior High Shullsburg | 73 | 50.7% | 39.7% |
| Weyauwega Middle Weyauwega | 153 | 43.8% | 64.9% |
| Clinton Junior High Clinton | 132 | 36.4% | 48.8% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Almond-Bancroft Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 77 | #349 of 389 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
77
-8 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77 | 5.9 | 13.0:1 | 43% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 74 | 6.9 | 10.7:1 | 45% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 80 | 7.1 | 11.3:1 | 44% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 85 | 6 | 14.2:1 | 52% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 91 | 6.9 | 13.3:1 | 40% (36) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Almond-Bancroft Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (91 to 77); teachers down 13% (6.9 to 5.9).
About Almond-Bancroft Middle
Almond-Bancroft Middle is a very small middle-grades school based in Almond, Wisconsin. Total enrollment is 77 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. Middle schools in Wisconsin have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 80% lower.
Almond-Bancroft School District has 351 students spread across 3 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Almond-Bancroft Middle is White: 78%. Next come 18% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 90% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Almond-Bancroft Middle scores 36%.
Almond-Bancroft Middle has 5.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. The school has 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Wisconsin public middle schools, Almond-Bancroft Middle outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Almond-Bancroft Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.7% is 13.7 points below the 51.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Portage County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,070 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Almond-Bancroft Middle, Portage County has 31 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Almond-Bancroft Middle is closest to Almond-Bancroft High, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.4%; Almond-Bancroft Middle's is 37.7%, ranking 7th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Almond-Bancroft Middle as Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Almond-Bancroft Middle had a net loss of 8 students, or 9%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.2:1 in 2020-21, and 13.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Portage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,832
Census ACS
Median income
$76,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Almond-Bancroft School District
- Almond-Bancroft ElementaryElementary · 171 students
- Almond-Bancroft HighHigh · 103 students
Other schools in Almond
- Almond-Bancroft ElementaryElementary · 171 students
- Almond-Bancroft HighHigh · 103 students
Nearby schools
- Almond-Bancroft High0.0 mi · 103
- Almond-Bancroft Elementary0.0 mi · 171
- Tri-County High5.3 mi · 180
- Tri-County Elementary5.3 mi · 265
- Tri-County Middle5.3 mi · 134
- Wild Rose High10.1 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Almond-Bancroft MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Almond-Bancroft Middle?
Almond-Bancroft Middle enrolls approximately 77 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Almond-Bancroft Middle serve?
Almond-Bancroft Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Almond-Bancroft Middle have?
Almond-Bancroft Middle employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Almond-Bancroft Middle?
Student demographics at Almond-Bancroft Middle are roughly 78% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Almond-Bancroft Middle in?
Almond-Bancroft Middle is part of Almond-Bancroft School District.
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