Cornell Middle

Cornell Middle, a tiny 6-8 campus in Cornell, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Cornell School District, enrolls 83 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 78% smaller than typical.

Cornell Middle is one of 3 schools operated by Cornell School District, a district that hosts 392 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Cornell Middle shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%).

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Cornell Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Chippewa County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Cornell Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.5%; this one delivers 44.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Chippewa County shows median household income runs about $74,680, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Chippewa County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,353 students), Cornell Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cornell High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Cornell Middle. On composite proficiency, Cornell Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

Cornell Middle operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Cornell Middle's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 85 (now 83). White enrollment moved from 93% to 99% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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