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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRODHEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550174000213

Brodhead Middle

2100 W 9th Ave, Brodhead, WI 53520 · (608) 897-2184 · Green County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL202 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Wisconsin public middle schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats 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

Enrollment
202
Middle
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
89 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 66532%
Grade 76231%
Grade 87537%
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
17687%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
189%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
52%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
10251%
Female
10050%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Brodhead Middle→Brodhead High
Feeds from
Ronald R Albrecht ElementaryPK–05
Based on grade levels within Brodhead School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
50.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.4pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2550.0%46.0%
2023-2454.1%46.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 52% 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 Brodhead Middle

Brodhead Middle's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Brodhead Middle this school20244.1%52.1%
Westfield Area Middle
Westfield
23245.3%51.3%
Fennimore Middle
Fennimore
18641.9%63.1%
Neillsville Middle
Neillsville
18046.1%41.9%
Cumberland Middle
Cumberland
25642.2%50.6%
Boyceville Middle
Boyceville
15541.9%56.1%
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 Brodhead Middle ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Wisconsin
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
52.1%#215 of 323
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
46.0%#254 of 327
▼ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
50.0%#215 of 327
▼ 53
Enrollment
ranked largest first
202#264 of 389
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.6:1#23 of 265
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
23.2%#197 of 265
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
44.1%#105 of 323
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.2%#89 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 2024-25
Enrollment
202
-24 (-11%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 288
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252021910.6:144% (89)
2023-2421718.112.0:142% (91)
2022-2323018.912.2:143% (98)
2020-212261614.1:135% (80)
2017-1823016.414.0:133% (76)
2015-162401615.0:145% (107)
2010-112481813.8:133% (83)
2000-012832014.2:115% (43)
1990-912881618.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brodhead Middle.

Since 2017-18: students down 12% (230 to 202); teachers up 16% (16.4 to 19).

About Brodhead Middle

Brodhead Middle is a middle school in Brodhead, Wisconsin, according to federal school records. It has an enrollment of 202 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average enrollment is about 381.

The district, Brodhead School District, operates 3 schools serving 975 students.

Of every 100 students at Brodhead Middle, about 87 are White. The school is also 9% Hispanic and 2% Black. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Brodhead Middle are from different groups.

There are 19 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.6:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 35% for public schools in Green County.

Among Wisconsin public middle schools, Brodhead Middle outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.

On BeatsExpectations, Brodhead Middle is 1.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools.

For the population of Green County, median household income comes to about $82,852, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Green County counts 20 public schools with about 5,278 students.

Brodhead Middle's closest public school neighbor is Ronald R Albrecht Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Brodhead Middle holds 2 other public schools. Brodhead Middle's average proficiency of 52.1% compares with 51.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.

In the federal locale system, Brodhead Middle is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

From 226 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 202 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 14.1:1 to 10.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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Green County at a glance

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Population
37,017
Census ACS
Median income
$82,852
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,278 students

Quick facts

School name
Brodhead Middle
District
Brodhead School District
Address
2100 W 9th Ave, Brodhead, WI 53520
Phone
(608) 897-2184
County
Green County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
202
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
10.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
89 (44%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
550174000213
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Brodhead Middle
How large is Brodhead Middle?
Brodhead Middle enrolls approximately 202 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Brodhead Middle serve?
Brodhead Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brodhead Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brodhead Middle is approximately 10.6:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brodhead Middle?
At Brodhead Middle, the student body is approximately 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Brodhead Middle?
Brodhead Middle is overseen by Brodhead School District in Green County.
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