Elmwood Middle

Elmwood Middle, a very small intermediate school in Elmwood, Wisconsin, run under Elmwood School District, hosts 92 students, covering grades 5 through 8. That puts it 76% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Elmwood School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 330 students. Elmwood Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Elmwood Middle lists that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Elmwood Middle is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 59.6%; this one delivers 79.2%, a residual of +19.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Pierce County indicate median household earnings sit near $92,109, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Pierce County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,419 students), Elmwood Middle is one campus in the mix.

Elmwood 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 Elmwood Middle. On composite proficiency, Elmwood Middle comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Elmwood Middle's enrollment has grew 16% since 2018, when it stood at 79 (now 92). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 87% to 98%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.