Brodhead Middle

Brodhead Middle is a modestly sized 6-8 campus in Brodhead, Wisconsin, run under Brodhead School District. The school instructs 202 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Brodhead Middle sits 47% smaller than that benchmark.

Brodhead Middle is one of 3 schools operated by Brodhead School District, a district that instructs 975 students overall.

Demographically, Brodhead Middle shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 9% Hispanic, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Brodhead Middle has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Green County's rate of about 35%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brodhead Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 52.1%, a residual of +1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Green County put the typical household earns roughly $82,852 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Green County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,278 students), Brodhead Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ronald R Albrecht Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brodhead Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Brodhead Middle's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 230 (now 202). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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