Enrollment
278
Middle
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANTSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550567000603
Grantsburg Middle
500 E James Ave, Grantsburg, WI 54840 · (715) 463-2455 · Burnett County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- B+Test 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
12.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
111 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 4 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 20% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Grantsburg Middle→Grantsburg High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Grantsburg School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
59.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.2% | 59.3% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 61.9% |
% 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
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Grantsburg Middle
Grantsburg Middle's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantsburg Middle this school | 278 | 39.9% | 62.1% |
| Lancaster Middle Lancaster | 231 | 38.5% | 59.4% |
| Washington Middle Oconto Falls | 377 | 38.5% | 59.7% |
| Amery Middle Amery | 275 | 37.1% | 71.2% |
| Viroqua Middle Viroqua | 253 | 37.9% | 60.3% |
| Stanley-Boyd Middle Stanley | 223 | 41.7% | 55.0% |
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 Grantsburg Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #123 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #158 of 327 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #90 of 327 ▲ 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #216 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #77 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #216 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #139 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #88 of 176 |
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
278
-41 (-13%) vs 2020
+126% since 1990-91, when it was 123
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 278 | 23 | 12.1:1 | 40% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 22.3 | 13.7:1 | 45% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 23.6 | 13.6:1 | 42% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 53% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 23.3 | 13.6:1 | 45% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 22 | 13.4:1 | 46% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 49% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 34% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 123 | 9 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grantsburg Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (317 to 278); teachers down 1% (23.3 to 23).
About Grantsburg Middle
Grantsburg Middle is a small middle-grades school in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Federal data show 278 students enrolled in grades 4 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Wisconsin average about 381 students, which makes this school 27% below average.
Grantsburg School District operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,926 students.
Roughly 88% of students at Grantsburg Middle are White. The remaining students are 7% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Burnett County residents are about 90% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Grantsburg Middle scores 21%.
Grantsburg Middle has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.1:1. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 12.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 40%. The rate at public schools in Burnett County averages 53%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Grantsburg Middle lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Grantsburg Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.1%; the prediction is 53.1%.
Looking at the county, Burnett County, the median household earns about $62,819 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Grantsburg Middle, Burnett County has 10 public schools.
The closest school to Grantsburg Middle is Grantsburg High, located about 0.1 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Grantsburg Middle. Its average proficiency rate of 62.1% is above the 52.8% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Grantsburg Middle in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Grantsburg Middle had a net loss of 41 students, or 13%. The school's ratio dropped from 13.9:1 to 12.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Grantsburg Middle community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Burnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,916
Census ACS
Median income
$62,819
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grantsburg School District
- iForwardCombined · 1,030 students
- Grantsburg HighHigh · 273 students
- Grantsburg ElementaryElementary · 250 students
- Nelson ElementaryElementary · 95 students
Other schools in Grantsburg
- iForwardCombined · 1,030 students
- Grantsburg HighHigh · 273 students
- Grantsburg ElementaryElementary · 250 students
- Nelson ElementaryElementary · 95 students
Nearby schools
- Grantsburg High0.1 mi · 273
- iForward0.1 mi · 1,030
- Grantsburg Elementary0.2 mi · 250
- Nelson Elementary4.6 mi · 95
- Frederic 6-12 School12.7 mi · 214
- Frederic Elementary12.7 mi · 192
Frequently asked questions
About Grantsburg MiddleHow many students attend Grantsburg Middle?
Grantsburg Middle enrolls approximately 278 students in grades 04-08.
What age range does Grantsburg Middle serve?
Grantsburg Middle serves students from grade 04 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Grantsburg Middle have?
Grantsburg Middle employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
How diverse is Grantsburg Middle?
Grantsburg Middle reports a student body of 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Grantsburg Middle public or private?
Grantsburg Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grantsburg School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.