Enrollment
204
Middle
DISTRICT 225 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLBY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550273001226
Colby Middle
703 N 2nd St, Colby, WI 54421 · (715) 223-8869 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
122 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 58 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Colby Middle→Colby High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Colby School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
31.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 34.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
Schools most like Colby Middle
Colby Middle's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colby Middle this school | 204 | 59.8% | 34.7% |
| Cudahy Middle Cudahy | 247 | 62.8% | 35.3% |
| Whitewater Middle Whitewater | 394 | 50.3% | 47.2% |
| Independence Middle Independence | 101 | 60.4% | 54.7% |
| Tri-County Middle Plainfield | 134 | 60.4% | 43.0% |
| Phoenix Middle Delavan | 474 | 62.7% | 36.8% |
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 Colby Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #297 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #306 of 327 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #309 of 327 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #261 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #185 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #71 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.8% | #42 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #166 of 176 |
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
204
+9 (+5%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 255
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 204 | 14.7 | 13.9:1 | 60% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 15.5 | 14.4:1 | 65% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 217 | 16.9 | 12.8:1 | 63% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 195 | 16 | 12.2:1 | 61% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 208 | 16.5 | 12.6:1 | 54% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 270 | 20 | 13.5:1 | 57% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 21 | 12.0:1 | 42% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 255 | 17 | 15.0:1 | 24% (60) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colby Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (208 to 204); teachers down 11% (16.5 to 14.7).
About Colby Middle
In Colby, Wisconsin, part of Clark County, Colby Middle is a middle school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 204 students. That puts enrollment 46% below the 381-student average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Colby School District (4 schools, 901 students) runs Colby Middle.
Of every 100 students at Colby Middle, about 55 are White. After that, the student body is 42% Hispanic. Among all residents of Clark County, the White share is about 91%. The diversity index for Colby Middle is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Colby Middle totals 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. Statewide, middle schools in Wisconsin average 12.8:1. Federal data show 60% of students (122) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Wisconsin public middle schools, Colby Middle outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Colby Middle falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 34.7% actual against 41.0% predicted.
Looking at the county, Clark County, median household income comes to about $67,400, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 13% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 21 public schools and about 4,522 students.
Of the public schools around it, Colby Middle is closest to Little Stars Pre-School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Ranked by average proficiency, Colby Middle places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Colby Middle is Rural: Remote.
The school's enrollment increased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 13.9:1, from 12.2:1.
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Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,739
Census ACS
Median income
$67,400
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,522 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colby School District
- Colby ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Colby HighHigh · 306 students
- Little Stars Pre-SchoolElementary · 37 students
Other schools in Colby
- Colby ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Colby HighHigh · 306 students
- Little Stars Pre-SchoolElementary · 37 students
Other Colby Middle schools
One other US public school is named Colby Middle. Colby Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Colby Middle SchoolColby, KS · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Little Stars Pre-School0.1 mi · 37
- Colby Elementary0.1 mi · 354
- Colby High0.1 mi · 306
- Abbotsford Middle/Senior High2.2 mi · 414
- Abbotsford Elementary2.2 mi · 374
- Stetsonville Elementary11.0 mi · 203
Frequently asked questions
About Colby MiddleHow many students attend Colby Middle?
Colby Middle enrolls approximately 204 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Colby Middle serve?
Colby Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Colby Middle have?
Colby Middle employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Colby Middle?
At Colby Middle, the student body is approximately 55% White, 42% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Colby Middle?
Colby Middle is overseen by Colby School District in Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.