Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMERY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550030000075
Amery Intermediate
543 Minneapolis Ave S, Amery, WI 54001 · (715) 268-9771 · Polk County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
107 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Based on grade levels within Amery School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
66.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
260
-52 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.8:1
% White
93%
was 91%
% Hispanic
2%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Amery Intermediate
Amery Intermediate is a close-knit elementary school in Amery, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Amery School District. The school instructs 260 students in grades 3 through 5.
Amery School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,252 students; Amery Intermediate is among them.
On demographics, Amery Intermediate lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Polk County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Amery Intermediate reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at Amery Intermediate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Amery Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.4%, the actual is 64.8%, a residual of +12.4 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Polk County) records that the typical household earns roughly $77,219 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Polk County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,126 students), of which Amery Intermediate is one.
Amery Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Amery Intermediate comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.0%.
Amery Intermediate operates from a countryside location.
Five-year trend. Amery Intermediate's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 312 (now 260). Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,555
Census ACS
Median income
$77,219
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
6,126 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Amery School District
- Amery HighHigh · 418 students
- Lien ElementaryElementary · 299 students
- Amery MiddleMiddle · 275 students
Other schools in Amery
- Amery HighHigh · 418 students
- Lien ElementaryElementary · 299 students
- Amery MiddleMiddle · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Amery Middle0.1 mi · 275
- Amery High0.2 mi · 418
- Lien Elementary0.3 mi · 299
- Gaylord A Nelson Educational Center5.3 mi · 266
- Clear Lake High5.7 mi · 189
- Clear Lake Junior High5.7 mi · 72
Frequently asked questions
About Amery IntermediateHow many students attend Amery Intermediate?
Amery Intermediate enrolls approximately 260 students in grades 03-05.
Is Amery Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Amery Intermediate is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Amery Intermediate?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Amery Intermediate.
How diverse is Amery Intermediate?
Amery Intermediate reports a student body of 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Amery Intermediate?
Amery Intermediate is overseen by Amery School District in Polk County.
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