Enrollment
186
Middle
DISTRICT 274 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FENNIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550459003012
Fennimore Middle
510 7th St, Fennimore, WI 53809 · (608) 822-3245 · Grant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL186 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.9:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
78 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 6 | 57 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 40% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Fennimore Middle→Fennimore High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fennimore Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
73.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% | 73.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 67.6% |
% 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
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Fennimore Middle
Fennimore Middle's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fennimore Middle this school | 186 | 41.9% | 63.1% |
| Boyceville Middle Boyceville | 155 | 41.9% | 56.1% |
| Brodhead Middle Brodhead | 202 | 44.1% | 52.1% |
| Westfield Area Middle Westfield | 232 | 45.3% | 51.3% |
| Coleman Middle Coleman | 142 | 43.0% | 66.2% |
| Horicon Middle School Horicon | 152 | 40.8% | 65.9% |
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 Fennimore Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #116 of 323 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #53 of 327 ▲ 40 | #1 of 6 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #125 of 327 ▲ 58 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 186 | #269 of 389 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #123 of 323 | #3 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
186
+7 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 186 | 13.4 | 13.9:1 | 42% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 196 | 13.4 | 14.6:1 | 49% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 195 | 11.5 | 17.0:1 | 39% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 12 | 14.9:1 | 43% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 181 | 12.6 | 14.4:1 | 41% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 175 | 11 | 15.9:1 | 52% (91) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fennimore Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (181 to 186); teachers up 6% (12.6 to 13.4).
About Fennimore Middle
At 510 7th St in Fennimore, Wisconsin, Fennimore Middle operates as a small middle school. The school serves 186 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin average about 381 students.
Fennimore Community School District has 3 schools and 821 students, and Fennimore Middle is one of those schools.
Fennimore Middle enrolls a student body that is 89% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Fennimore Middle comes in at 20%.
Federal staffing data show 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Fennimore Middle and a ratio of 13.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 42% of enrollment. Across public schools in Grant County, the average is about the same, 40%.
Fennimore Middle is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.9% for Fennimore Middle. The school posts 63.1%, 11.2 points above the prediction.
Among Grant County residents, median household income is about $66,858, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Fennimore Middle is one of 32 public schools in Grant County, which together enroll about 6,838 students.
The school nearest to Fennimore Middle is Fennimore High, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Fennimore Middle places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
The number of students grew from 179 to 186 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 14.9:1 to 13.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,770
Census ACS
Median income
$66,858
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
6,838 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fennimore Community School District
- Fennimore ElementaryElementary · 380 students
- Fennimore HighHigh · 255 students
Other schools in Fennimore
- Fennimore ElementaryElementary · 380 students
- Fennimore HighHigh · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Fennimore High0.0 mi · 255
- Fennimore Elementary0.5 mi · 380
- Lancaster High9.7 mi · 325
- Lancaster Middle9.7 mi · 231
- Winskill Elementary10.2 mi · 435
- Boscobel Junior High10.3 mi · 158
Frequently asked questions
About Fennimore MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Fennimore Middle?
Fennimore Middle enrolls approximately 186 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Fennimore Middle serve?
Fennimore Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Fennimore Middle?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Fennimore Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fennimore Middle?
At Fennimore Middle, the student body is approximately 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Fennimore Middle public or private?
Fennimore Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fennimore Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.