Enrollment
359
Middle
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARCADIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550042003041
Arcadia Middle
725 Fairfield Ave, Arcadia, WI 54612 · (608) 323-7500 · Trempealeau County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
274 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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
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
Arcadia Middle→Arcadia High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Arcadia School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
44.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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
359
-28 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.2:1
% White
17%
was 37%
% Hispanic
83%
was 62%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Arcadia Middle
Arcadia Middle, a mid-tier intermediate school in Arcadia, Wisconsin, run under Arcadia School District, educates 359 students, covering grades 5 through 8.
Arcadia School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,303 students. Arcadia Middle is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Arcadia Middle reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 17% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Arcadia Middle has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Trempealeau County's rate of about 47%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Arcadia Middle sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 30.8%; actual is 47.6%, +16.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, Trempealeau County reports that median household income runs about $76,313, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Trempealeau County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,893 students), of which Arcadia Middle is one.
Nearest neighbor: Arcadia High, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arcadia Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Five-year trend. Arcadia Middle's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 359). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 62% to 83%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Trempealeau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,839
Census ACS
Median income
$76,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,893 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arcadia School District
- Arcadia ElementaryElementary · 531 students
- Arcadia HighHigh · 413 students
Other schools in Arcadia
- Arcadia ElementaryElementary · 531 students
- Arcadia HighHigh · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Arcadia High0.1 mi · 413
- Arcadia Elementary0.8 mi · 531
- Independence Middle9.3 mi · 101
- Independence High9.3 mi · 142
- Independence Elementary9.3 mi · 182
- Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High11.5 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Arcadia MiddleHow large is Arcadia Middle?
Arcadia Middle enrolls approximately 359 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Arcadia Middle serve?
Arcadia Middle serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arcadia Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arcadia Middle is approximately 14.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arcadia Middle?
At Arcadia Middle, the student body is approximately 17% White, 83% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Arcadia Middle public or private?
Arcadia Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Arcadia School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.