Enrollment
257
Middle
DISTRICT 240 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMORROW RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550033000034
Amherst Middle
357 N Main St, Amherst, WI 54406 · (715) 824-5524 · Portage County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
72 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 5 | 66 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 26% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Amherst Middle→Amherst High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tomorrow River School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
65.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.5% | 65.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 68.7% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Amherst Middle
Amherst Middle's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Middle this school | 257 | 28.0% | 64.0% |
| Fall Creek Middle Fall Creek | 265 | 27.5% | 62.7% |
| Mishicot Middle Mishicot | 216 | 28.7% | 63.9% |
| Nikolay Middle Cambridge | 203 | 28.1% | 53.0% |
| Cameron Middle Cameron | 319 | 30.1% | 66.6% |
| Ellsworth Middle Ellsworth | 325 | 27.4% | 63.7% |
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 Amherst Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #103 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #112 of 327 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #140 of 327 ▼ 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #229 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #40 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #246 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #213 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #30 of 176 |
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
257
-51 (-17%) vs 2020
+86% since 1990-91, when it was 138
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 257 | 22.8 | 11.3:1 | 28% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 23.3 | 11.6:1 | 29% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 23.5 | 11.8:1 | 26% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 25% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 24.9 | 13.4:1 | 21% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 23 | 12.5:1 | 25% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 210 | 15 | 14.0:1 | 30% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 204 | 16 | 12.8:1 | 17% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 138 | 4 | 34.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amherst Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (335 to 257); teachers down 9% (24.9 to 22.8).
About Amherst Middle
Families in Amherst, Wisconsin, are served by Amherst Middle, a small middle school. Its enrollment is 257 students, spread over grades 5 through 8. That compares with an average of about 381 students for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Amherst Middle falls under Tomorrow River School District, which has 5 schools enrolling 1,198 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Amherst Middle is White, at 91%. The school is also 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among Portage County residents, the White share is about 90%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Amherst Middle scores 16%.
The school has 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.3 students per teacher. Middle schools in Wisconsin average 12.8:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Amherst Middle, 28% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Amherst Middle scores 64.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 60.5%.
For Portage County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $76,070, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 31 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,217, Amherst Middle among them.
Amherst High is less than a tenth of a mile from Amherst Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 3. The school's 64.0% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 6 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 257, compared with 308 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.8:1 to 11.3:1.
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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 Tomorrow River School District
- Amherst HighHigh · 349 students
- Amherst ElementaryElementary · 342 students
- Tomorrow River Community CharterElementary · 184 students
- Tomorrow River Virtual Charter School (TRVCS)Elementary · 66 students
- Tomorrow River Community Middle (TRCMS)Combined
Other schools in Amherst
- Amherst HighHigh · 349 students
- Amherst ElementaryElementary · 342 students
- Central Sands Community High SchoolHigh · 35 students
Other Amherst Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Amherst Middle. Amherst Middle is the 4th largest of the 4.
- AMHERST MIDDLE SCHOOLAMHERST, NY · 646 students
- Amherst Middle SchoolAmherst, NH · 635 students
- Amherst MiddleAmherst, VA · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Amherst High0.0 mi · 349
- Amherst Elementary0.0 mi · 342
- Central Sands Community High School4.6 mi · 35
- Tomorrow River Virtual Charter School (TRVCS)6.1 mi · 66
- Tomorrow River Community Charter6.1 mi · 184
- Iola-Scandinavia High8.4 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Amherst MiddleHow many students attend Amherst Middle?
Amherst Middle enrolls approximately 257 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Amherst Middle serve?
Amherst Middle serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Amherst Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Amherst Middle is approximately 11.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Amherst Middle?
Student demographics at Amherst Middle are roughly 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Amherst Middle?
Amherst Middle is overseen by Tomorrow River School District in Portage County.
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