Central Wisconsin STEM Academy

Central Wisconsin STEM Academy is one of the micro-enrollment intermediate schools in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Nekoosa School District, with 32 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 92% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Nekoosa School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,197 students. Central Wisconsin STEM Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Central Wisconsin STEM Academy shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Wood County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Central Wisconsin STEM Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wood County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Central Wisconsin STEM Academy sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.3%; actual is 58.5%, +19.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Wood County shows median household income runs about $67,989, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Central Wisconsin STEM Academy is one of 32 public schools in Wood County (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students).

WISE Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Central Wisconsin STEM Academy comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. Central Wisconsin STEM Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 30 students in 2018 compared to 32 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 87% to 94%. Class-load math has rose: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

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