Glacier Creek Middle

As a heavily attended intermediate school in Cross Plains, Wisconsin, Glacier Creek Middle serves 924 students from grades 5 through 8, operated by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 143% bigger than typical.

Glacier Creek Middle is one of 12 schools operated by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, a district that caters to 7,167 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Glacier Creek Middle logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 14% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Dane County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 14% of students at Glacier Creek Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dane County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Glacier Creek Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dane County indicate median household income runs about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Glacier Creek Middle is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glacier Creek Middle at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 69.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 1,015 students in 2018 compared to 924 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 74% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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