Enrollment
73
Middle
DISTRICT 129 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRUCE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550183001222
Bruce Middle
104 W Washington Ave, Bruce, WI 54819 · (715) 868-2585 · Rusk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL73 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
73 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 6 | 24 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 32% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Bruce Middle→Bruce High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bruce School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -12.5pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -24.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 24 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.3% | 79.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+45.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 16% 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 45 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 →
Schools most like Bruce Middle
Bruce Middle's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Middle this school | 73 | 100.0% | 61.7% |
| Ladysmith Middle Ladysmith | 144 | 67.4% | 54.0% |
| Etude Middle Sheboygan | 77 | 66.2% | 39.3% |
| Flambeau Middle Tony | 115 | 65.2% | 39.3% |
| Cornell Middle Cornell | 83 | 63.9% | 44.0% |
| Gillett Middle Gillett | 120 | 59.2% | 53.9% |
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 Bruce Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 73 | #352 of 389 |
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
73
-23 (-24%) vs 2020
-54% since 2000-01, when it was 157
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 73 | 7.2 | 10.2:1 | 100% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 82 | 9.5 | 8.7:1 | 55% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 79 | 9.2 | 8.6:1 | 54% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 96 | 9 | 10.7:1 | 51% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 102 | 8.3 | 12.2:1 | 67% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 105 | 8 | 13.1:1 | 63% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 122 | 8 | 15.3:1 | 71% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 157 | 5 | 31.4:1 | 52% (81) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bruce Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (102 to 73); teachers down 14% (8.3 to 7.2).
About Bruce Middle
Bruce Middle is a middle school in Bruce, Wisconsin, according to federal school records. Federal data show 73 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 381 students for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Bruce School District enrolls 388 students in 3 schools, including Bruce Middle.
Bruce Middle is 93% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial. That is in line with Rusk County, where about 94% of residents are White. The diversity index for Bruce Middle is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Bruce Middle has 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.2:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at Bruce Middle. The 71% average for public schools in Rusk County is 29 points lower.
Among Wisconsin public middle schools, Bruce Middle outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Bruce Middle is 45.4 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Wisconsin.
In Rusk County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $59,944, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 9 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,547, Bruce Middle among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bruce Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bruce Middle ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Bruce Middle as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 73, down from 96 in 2020-21.
People who know Bruce Middle can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Rusk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,179
Census ACS
Median income
$59,944
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bruce School District
- Bruce ElementaryElementary · 199 students
- Bruce HighHigh · 116 students
Other schools in Bruce
- Bruce ElementaryElementary · 199 students
- Bruce HighHigh · 116 students
Nearby schools
- Bruce Elementary0.0 mi · 199
- Bruce High0.0 mi · 116
- Ladysmith Elementary8.7 mi · 328
- Ladysmith High9.6 mi · 255
- Ladysmith Middle9.6 mi · 144
- Flambeau High13.6 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About Bruce MiddleHow many students attend Bruce Middle?
Bruce Middle enrolls approximately 73 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bruce Middle serve?
Bruce Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bruce Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bruce Middle is approximately 10.2:1 (7 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bruce Middle?
Bruce Middle reports a student body of 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is Bruce Middle public or private?
Bruce Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bruce School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.