Clayton Middle

Located at 236 Polk Ave W, in Clayton, Wisconsin, Clayton Middle is a very small middle-grades school that hosts 46 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Clayton School District. That puts it 88% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Clayton School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 256 students. Clayton Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Clayton Middle logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian. Compared to Polk County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Clayton Middle has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Polk County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Clayton Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Polk County shows median household earnings sit near $77,219, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,126 students), of which Clayton Middle is one.

Clayton Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Clayton Middle. On composite proficiency, Clayton Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clayton Middle has ticked down 45%, going from 83 students in 2018 to 46 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 98% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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