Enrollment
92
Middle
DISTRICT 83 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550435000347
Elmwood Middle
213 S Scott St, Elmwood, WI 54740 · (715) 639-2721 · Pierce County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL92 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- ATest 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
12.5:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
27 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 20 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 27% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Elmwood Middle→Elmwood High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Elmwood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
76.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.8% | 76.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 79.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Elmwood Middle
Elmwood Middle's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood Middle this school | 92 | 29.3% | 79.2% |
| Luck Middle Luck | 82 | 30.5% | 45.1% |
| Edgar Middle Edgar | 120 | 32.5% | 64.0% |
| Potosi Middle Potosi | 66 | 27.3% | 51.8% |
| Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle Hazel Green | 96 | 30.2% | 47.0% |
| Monticello Middle Monticello | 58 | 31.0% | 58.9% |
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 Elmwood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 92 | #337 of 389 | #5 of 6 |
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
92
+19 (+26%) vs 2020
+67% since 2000-01, when it was 55
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
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 | 92 | 7.4 | 12.5:1 | 29% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 90 | 7.4 | 12.1:1 | 37% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 83 | 7.3 | 11.4:1 | 39% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 73 | 6 | 12.2:1 | 34% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 79 | 5.5 | 14.3:1 | 35% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 76 | 4 | 19.0:1 | 42% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 83 | 4 | 20.8:1 | 45% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 55 | 2 | 27.5:1 | 27% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elmwood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (79 to 92); teachers up 33% (5.5 to 7.4).
About Elmwood Middle
Elmwood Middle serves students in Elmwood, Wisconsin, as a very small middle school. It is open to students in grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 92 students. By comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin enroll about 381 students on average.
Elmwood School District runs Elmwood Middle along with 3 other schools, enrolling 330 students in total.
The share of students at Elmwood Middle who are White is 98%. Enrollment also includes 2% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 4, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elmwood Middle is 12.5:1, based on 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Lunch program data show 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Elmwood Middle earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 97% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 59.6%. Elmwood Middle posts 79.2%, 19.5 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Pierce County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $92,109 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Elmwood Middle shares Pierce County with 25 other public schools.
Elmwood Middle's closest public school neighbor is Elmwood High, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Elmwood Middle's average proficiency of 79.2% compares with 62.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
A 26% rise took enrollment from 73 in 2020-21 to 92 in 2024-25.
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Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,584
Census ACS
Median income
$92,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,419 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmwood School District
- Elmwood ElementaryElementary · 130 students
- Elmwood HighHigh · 90 students
- Western Wisconsin Virtual Charter School (WWVC)Combined · 18 students
Other schools in Elmwood
- Elmwood ElementaryElementary · 130 students
- Elmwood HighHigh · 90 students
- Western Wisconsin Virtual Charter School (WWVC)Combined · 18 students
Other Elmwood Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Elmwood Middle. Elmwood Middle is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLROGERS, AR · 1,066 students
- Elmwood Middle SchoolBloomdale, OH · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Elmwood High0.0 mi · 90
- Elmwood Elementary0.0 mi · 130
- Western Wisconsin Virtual Charter School (WWVC)0.0 mi · 18
- Spring Valley High6.1 mi · 194
- Spring Valley Middle6.1 mi · 140
- Spring Valley Elementary6.1 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Elmwood MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Elmwood Middle?
Elmwood Middle enrolls approximately 92 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Elmwood Middle serve?
Elmwood Middle serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elmwood Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elmwood Middle is approximately 12.5:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elmwood Middle?
At Elmwood Middle, the student body is approximately 98% White, 2% Hispanic.
Is Elmwood Middle public or private?
Elmwood Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elmwood School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.