Fall Creek Middle

Set in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, Fall Creek Middle is an intimate middle-grades school, operated by Fall Creek School District. It enrolls 265 students across grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Fall Creek Middle sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Fall Creek School District (949 students total), Fall Creek Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Fall Creek Middle records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Fall Creek Middle has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Eau Claire County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fall Creek Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.7%, the actual is 62.7%, a residual of +2.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Eau Claire County indicate median household income runs about $74,546, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Fall Creek Middle is one of 36 public schools in Eau Claire County (combined enrollment of about 14,002 students).

The closest other public school is Fall Creek High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fall Creek Middle comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Fall Creek Middle's enrollment has expanded 53% since 2018, when it stood at 173 (now 265). White enrollment moved from 99% to 93% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Fall Creek Middle community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.