Bonduel Middle

Bonduel Middle, a low-enrollment junior high in Bonduel, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Bonduel School District, serves 212 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Bonduel School District (775 students total), Bonduel Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Bonduel Middle logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Shawano County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bonduel Middle has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Bonduel Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Shawano County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bonduel Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.5%; this one delivers 55.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Shawano County) logs that median household income runs about $66,479, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Shawano County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,832 students), Bonduel Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bonduel High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Bonduel Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bonduel Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 91%: 111 students in 2018 compared to 212 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

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