Gilmanton Middle

Gilmanton Middle is an intermediate school of rural-scale scale in Gilmanton, Wisconsin, part of Gilmanton School District, teacheing 37 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Gilmanton Middle sits 90% leaner than that benchmark.

Gilmanton School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 128 students. Gilmanton Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Gilmanton Middle shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Buffalo County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 54% of students at Gilmanton Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Buffalo County runs at roughly 36%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gilmanton Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 43.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Buffalo County put median household earnings sit near $70,479, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Buffalo County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,850 students), Gilmanton Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Gilmanton High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gilmanton Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Gilmanton Middle's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 43 (now 37). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.