Enrollment
368
Middle
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK MOUND AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550423000452
Elk Mound Middle
302 University St, Elk Mound, WI 54739 · (715) 879-5595 · Dunn County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
93 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 5 | 92 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 24% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Elk Mound Middle→Elk Mound High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Elk Mound Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.2% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 76.9% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Elk Mound Middle
Elk Mound Middle's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mound Middle this school | 368 | 25.3% | 69.0% |
| Sheboygan Falls Middle Sheboygan Falls | 415 | 29.2% | 56.4% |
| Mapleview Intermediate Kimberly | 413 | 26.2% | 72.4% |
| West De Pere Intermediate School De Pere | 561 | 23.9% | 58.0% |
| West De Pere Middle De Pere | 546 | 24.7% | 63.6% |
| Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Middle Galesville | 286 | 23.4% | 65.8% |
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 Elk Mound Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #63 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #35 of 327 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #67 of 327 ▲ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #175 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #209 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #180 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #231 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #59 of 79 |
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
368
+24 (+7%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 368 | 25.7 | 14.3:1 | 25% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 25.2 | 14.8:1 | 32% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 26.7 | 14.0:1 | 33% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 25 | 13.8:1 | 40% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 24.7 | 14.6:1 | 29% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 33% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 18 | 17.7:1 | 34% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 195 | 12 | 16.3:1 | 14% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 27 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elk Mound Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (361 to 368); teachers up 4% (24.7 to 25.7).
About Elk Mound Middle
Elk Mound Middle is a middle-grades school in Elk Mound, Wisconsin, and it is part of Elk Mound Area School District. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 368 students enrolled.
Elk Mound Area School District oversees Elk Mound Middle and 2 other schools, with 1,172 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Elk Mound Middle is 85% White. Other groups include 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
Elk Mound Middle has 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 1.5 students per teacher. At Elk Mound Middle, 25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 13 points below the 38% average for public schools in Dunn County.
Among Wisconsin public middle schools, Elk Mound Middle outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Elk Mound Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 62.1%. Elk Mound Middle scores 69.0%, 6.9 points above that line.
Dunn County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,824, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dunn County's 17 public schools enroll about 5,848 students and include Elk Mound Middle.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Elk Mound High, is the closest to Elk Mound Middle. Elk Mound Middle has 2 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Elk Mound Middle ranks 1st on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Elk Mound Middle as Rural: Fringe.
A 7% rise took enrollment from 344 in 2020-21 to 368 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Elk Mound Middle community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dunn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,527
Census ACS
Median income
$74,824
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,848 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elk Mound Area School District
- Mound View ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Elk Mound HighHigh · 348 students
Other schools in Elk Mound
- Mound View ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Elk Mound HighHigh · 348 students
Nearby schools
- Elk Mound High0.2 mi · 348
- Mound View Elementary0.4 mi · 456
- Sherman Elementary7.5 mi · 502
- Prairie Ridge Early Learning School7.8 mi · 248
- DeLong Middle8.3 mi · 893
- Roosevelt Elementary8.7 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Elk Mound MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Elk Mound Middle?
Elk Mound Middle enrolls approximately 368 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Elk Mound Middle serve?
Elk Mound Middle serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elk Mound Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elk Mound Middle is approximately 14.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elk Mound Middle?
At Elk Mound Middle, the student body is approximately 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Elk Mound Middle in?
Elk Mound Middle is part of Elk Mound Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.