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Enrollment
924
Middle
DISTRICT 1,077 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETON-CROSS PLAINS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550951000754
Glacier Creek Middle
2800 Military Road, Cross Plains, WI 53528 · (608) 829-9420 · Dane County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL924 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
11.4:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
132 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 5 | 208 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 252 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 230 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 25% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
76.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.9% | 76.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 74.6% |
% 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Glacier Creek Middle
Glacier Creek Middle's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Creek Middle this school | 924 | 14.3% | 75.5% |
| Templeton Middle Sussex | 766 | 13.4% | 79.5% |
| Silver Spring Intermediate Sussex | 758 | 11.9% | 77.7% |
| Pilgrim Park Middle Elm Grove | 898 | 8.4% | 77.9% |
| Forest Park Middle Franklin | 1,056 | 20.9% | 67.0% |
| Wisconsin Hills Middle Brookfield | 812 | 9.2% | 73.5% |
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 Glacier Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #25 of 323 | #2 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #37 of 327 ▲ 9 | #3 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #27 of 327 ▲ 10 | #3 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 924 | #14 of 389 | #3 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #49 of 265 | #11 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #82 of 265 | #18 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #299 of 323 | #30 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #115 of 176 | #13 of 18 |
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
924
-49 (-5%) vs 2020
+50% since 2000-01, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 924 | 80.9 | 11.4:1 | 14% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 948 | 81.1 | 11.7:1 | 16% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 935 | 80.7 | 11.6:1 | 18% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 973 | 84 | 11.6:1 | 19% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 1,015 | 81.6 | 12.4:1 | 15% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 958 | 74 | 12.9:1 | 15% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 53 | 12.5:1 | 13% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 618 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 10% (61) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glacier Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,015 to 924); teachers down 1% (81.6 to 80.9).
About Glacier Creek Middle
Glacier Creek Middle is a large middle-grades school in Wisconsin, with an address in Cross Plains. The school serves 924 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Wisconsin is roughly 381 students; this school is 143% bigger than that.
Glacier Creek Middle is among 12 schools run by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, which serves 7,167 students.
At Glacier Creek Middle, White students make up 69% of the student body. It is also 14% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Dane County is roughly 77% White. Glacier Creek Middle's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
Glacier Creek Middle's 80.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.4:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 14%. Among public schools in Dane County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
The allk12 Grade for Glacier Creek Middle is A. Compared with Wisconsin public middle schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 68.9% for a school in Wisconsin with Glacier Creek Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Glacier Creek Middle posts 75.5%.
Federal survey data for Dane County show that the median household income is $89,975, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Dane County is home to 169 public schools and about 78,525 public school students.
Nearest public school: Park Elementary, about 1.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Local comparison: Glacier Creek Middle ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 75.5% versus a 69.1% average.
The NCES locale for Glacier Creek Middle is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 49 fewer students in 2024-25.
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Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District
- Middleton HighHigh · 2,303 students
- Kromrey MiddleMiddle · 1,230 students
- Pope Farm ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Sauk Trail ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- West Middleton ElementaryElementary · 334 students
- Elm Lawn ElementaryElementary · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Park Elementary1.2 mi · 245
- Sunset Ridge Elementary2.5 mi · 309
- Pope Farm Elementary4.4 mi · 448
- West Middleton Elementary4.8 mi · 334
- Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 4K6.3 mi · 286
- Middleton High6.5 mi · 2,303
Frequently asked questions
About Glacier Creek MiddleHow large is Glacier Creek Middle?
Glacier Creek Middle enrolls approximately 924 students in grades 05-08.
Is Glacier Creek Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glacier Creek Middle is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glacier Creek Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glacier Creek Middle is approximately 11.4:1 (81 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glacier Creek Middle?
At Glacier Creek Middle, the student body is approximately 69% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Glacier Creek Middle?
Glacier Creek Middle is overseen by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District in Dane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.