Gillett Middle

Gillett Middle is an one-room-style intermediate school in Gillett, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Gillett School District. The school caters to 120 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 69% below typical.

Gillett School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 549 students. Gillett Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gillett Middle logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Oconto County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Gillett Middle reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 59% of students at Gillett Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Oconto County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gillett Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 53.9%, a residual of +12.6 points.

Across the wider county, Oconto County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,049 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Oconto County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,349 students), of which Gillett Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Gillett High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gillett Middle at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 125 students in 2018 compared to 120 in 2025.

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