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Enrollment
490
Middle
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELOIT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550105003011
Fran Fruzen Intermediate
2600 Milwaukee Rd, Beloit, WI 53511 · (608) 361-2000 · Rock County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
356 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 151 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 170 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 34% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Fran Fruzen Intermediate→Memorial High
Based on grade levels within Beloit School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
18.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.2% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 20.3% |
% 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Fran Fruzen Intermediate
Fran Fruzen Intermediate's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Fruzen Intermediate this school | 490 | 72.7% | 23.4% |
| Aldrich Intermediate Beloit | 521 | 66.4% | 25.4% |
| Bullen Middle Kenosha | 754 | 69.1% | 32.2% |
| West Milwaukee Intermediate West Milwaukee | 378 | 76.7% | 33.3% |
| Washington Middle Kenosha | 545 | 82.2% | 21.2% |
| Wedgewood Park School Milwaukee | 541 | 77.6% | 27.0% |
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 Fran Fruzen Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Rock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #313 of 323 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #315 of 327 ▲ 1 | #12 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #318 of 327 ▲ 1 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #124 of 389 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #254 of 265 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #11 of 265 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #16 of 323 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #28 of 176 | #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
490
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 490 | 29.5 | 16.6:1 | 73% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 76% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 38 | 12.1:1 | 72% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 77% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 39.8 | 16.1:1 | 70% (449) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 64% (386) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fran Fruzen Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (641 to 490); teachers down 26% (39.8 to 29.5).
About Fran Fruzen Intermediate
Fran Fruzen Intermediate is a mid-sized middle-grades school for students in Beloit, Wisconsin. Enrollment stands at 490 students, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 29% larger than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Beloit School District is responsible for 12 schools, Fran Fruzen Intermediate included, with 4,958 students in all.
No group is above 50% at Fran Fruzen Intermediate; the largest is Hispanic, at 39%. The rest of enrollment is 26% White, 21% Black, and 12% multiracial. Among all residents of Rock County, the Hispanic share is about 10%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
Fran Fruzen Intermediate lists 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.6 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1. About 73% of students at Fran Fruzen Intermediate are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Rock County.
Fran Fruzen Intermediate earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Fran Fruzen Intermediate is -9.6 points: 23.4% actual, 33.1% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Rock County show that median household income comes to about $75,673, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Rock County counts 65 public schools with about 25,542 students.
Fran Fruzen Intermediate's nearest public school is Merrill Elementary (about 1.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Fran Fruzen Intermediate. Fran Fruzen Intermediate places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count fell 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.3:1 to 16.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Fran Fruzen Intermediate. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Rock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,350
Census ACS
Median income
$75,673
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
25,542 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Beloit School District
- Memorial HighHigh · 1,305 students
- Aldrich IntermediateMiddle · 521 students
- Robinson ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Todd ElementaryElementary · 471 students
- Converse ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Hackett ElementaryElementary · 434 students
Other schools in Beloit
- Memorial HighHigh · 1,305 students
- The Lincoln AcademyCombined · 727 students
- Aldrich IntermediateMiddle · 521 students
- Garden Prairie Intermediate SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Robinson ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Todd ElementaryElementary · 471 students
Nearby schools
- Merrill Elementary1.5 mi · 224
- Robinson Elementary1.5 mi · 477
- Todd Elementary1.5 mi · 471
- Aldrich Intermediate1.5 mi · 521
- The Lincoln Academy1.9 mi · 727
- Memorial High2.3 mi · 1,305
Frequently asked questions
About Fran Fruzen IntermediateHow many students attend Fran Fruzen Intermediate?
Fran Fruzen Intermediate enrolls approximately 490 students in grades 06-08.
Is Fran Fruzen Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fran Fruzen Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Fran Fruzen Intermediate have?
Fran Fruzen Intermediate employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
How diverse is Fran Fruzen Intermediate?
Fran Fruzen Intermediate reports a student body of 26% White, 39% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Fran Fruzen Intermediate?
Fran Fruzen Intermediate is overseen by Beloit School District in Rock County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.