Enrollment
204
Middle
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHETEK-WEYERHAEUSER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550006102806
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle
1001 Knapp St, Chetek, WI 54728 · (715) 924-3136 · Barron County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 71.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
84 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle→Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High
Based on grade levels within Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
45.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
204
+12 (+6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.3:1
% White
97%
was 90%
% Hispanic
1%
was 3%
% Black
0%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle is a middle school of close-knit scale in Chetek, Wisconsin, operated by Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District, works with 204 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 46% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 924 students; Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle is among them.
On demographics, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle shows that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.
On the resource side, On paper, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.2%.
Around the school, Barron County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,933 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Barron County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students), Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle is one campus in the mix.
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle. On composite proficiency, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Five-year trend. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 192 (now 204). White enrollment moved from 90% to 97% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.
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Barron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,797
Census ACS
Median income
$65,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
7,199 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn ElementaryElementary · 429 students
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser HighHigh · 254 students
- Link2Learn Virtual Charter SchoolCombined · 37 students
Other schools in Chetek
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn ElementaryElementary · 429 students
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser HighHigh · 254 students
- Link2Learn Virtual Charter SchoolCombined · 37 students
Nearby schools
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High0.0 mi · 254
- Link2Learn Virtual Charter School0.0 mi · 37
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary0.5 mi · 429
- Cameron Academy of Virtual Education7.2 mi · 134
- Cameron High7.2 mi · 279
- Cameron Middle7.2 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Chetek-Weyerhaeuser MiddleHow large is Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle?
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle enrolls approximately 204 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle serve?
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle have?
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle?
Student demographics at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle are roughly 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle?
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle is overseen by Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District in Barron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.