Enrollment
265
Middle
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FALL CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550450000482
Fall Creek Middle
336 E Hoover Ave, Fall Creek, WI 54742 · (715) 877-2511 · Eau Claire County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
73 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 67 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 22% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Fall Creek Middle→Fall Creek High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fall Creek School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 61.4% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Fall Creek Middle
Fall Creek Middle's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Middle this school | 265 | 27.5% | 62.7% |
| Amherst Middle Amherst | 257 | 28.0% | 64.0% |
| Mishicot Middle Mishicot | 216 | 28.7% | 63.9% |
| Cameron Middle Cameron | 319 | 30.1% | 66.6% |
| Bloomer Middle Bloomer | 350 | 30.6% | 50.7% |
| Westby Middle Westby | 272 | 32.4% | 59.0% |
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 Fall Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Eau Claire County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #119 of 323 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #165 of 327 ▼ 15 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #113 of 327 ▼ 28 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #225 of 389 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #199 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.6% | #254 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.5% | #216 of 323 | #6 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
265
+73 (+38%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 196
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 265 | 18.7 | 14.1:1 | 28% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 14.6 | 13.2:1 | 27% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 14 | 13.4:1 | 19% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 192 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 23% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 173 | 12.7 | 13.7:1 | 21% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 187 | 12 | 15.6:1 | 25% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 189 | 13 | 14.5:1 | 29% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 198 | 12 | 16.5:1 | 21% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 196 | 11 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fall Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 53% (173 to 265); teachers up 48% (12.7 to 18.7).
About Fall Creek Middle
Fall Creek Middle is a public middle school in Fall Creek, Wisconsin. It is open to students in grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 265 students. By comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin enroll about 381 students on average.
In Fall Creek School District, 3 schools enroll a combined 949 students.
Fall Creek Middle is 93% White by enrollment. Next come 5% multiracial. The diversity index for Fall Creek Middle is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 1.4 students per teacher. Roughly 28% of students at Fall Creek Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Eau Claire County is 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Fall Creek Middle lands at B, ahead of 60% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
Fall Creek Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.7% is 2.0 points above the 60.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Eau Claire County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $74,546, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 36 public schools in the county, enrolling about 14,002, Fall Creek Middle among them.
Among nearby public schools, Fall Creek High is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Fall Creek Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 49.4%, lower than Fall Creek Middle's 62.7%.
The federal government classifies Fall Creek Middle's location as Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 192 to 265, a 38% gain.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Eau Claire County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,116
Census ACS
Median income
$74,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
14,002 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fall Creek School District
- Fall Creek ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Fall Creek HighHigh · 270 students
Other schools in Fall Creek
- Fall Creek ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Fall Creek HighHigh · 270 students
Nearby schools
- Fall Creek High0.0 mi · 270
- Fall Creek Elementary0.0 mi · 414
- Wildlands Charter School3.9 mi · 72
- Altoona Elementary7.3 mi · 555
- Augusta Middle8.2 mi · 109
- Augusta High8.2 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About Fall Creek MiddleHow large is Fall Creek Middle?
Fall Creek Middle enrolls approximately 265 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Fall Creek Middle serve?
Fall Creek Middle serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fall Creek Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fall Creek Middle is approximately 14.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fall Creek Middle?
Fall Creek Middle reports a student body of 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Fall Creek Middle?
Fall Creek Middle is overseen by Fall Creek School District in Eau Claire County.
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