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How has Indian Mound Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
534
Middle
DISTRICT 658 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCFARLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550891001036
Indian Mound Middle
6330 Exchange St, McFarland, WI 53558 · (608) 838-8980 · Dane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
96 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 6 | 173 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 30% |
Student demographics
32%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Indian Mound Middle→McFarland High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within McFarland School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.7% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.9% | 68.3% |
% 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Indian Mound Middle
Indian Mound Middle's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Mound Middle this school | 534 | 18.0% | 70.7% |
| De Forest Middle De Forest | 602 | 19.8% | 61.6% |
| Foxview Intermediate De Pere | 673 | 20.7% | 76.8% |
| John Long Middle Grafton | 452 | 14.4% | 72.8% |
| Saint Croix Central Middle Hammond | 476 | 18.3% | 69.8% |
| De Pere Middle De Pere | 690 | 21.6% | 78.6% |
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 Indian Mound Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #51 of 323 | #6 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #96 of 327 ▼ 7 | #8 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #84 of 327 ▼ 5 | #10 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #113 of 389 | #16 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #42 of 265 | #9 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #151 of 265 | #25 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.0% | #276 of 323 | #26 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #156 of 176 | #16 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
534
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 534 | 47.2 | 11.3:1 | 18% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 48.5 | 11.2:1 | 18% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 531 | 48.5 | 10.9:1 | 15% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 44 | 12.3:1 | 17% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 43.8 | 12.6:1 | 15% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 19% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 16% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 445 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 31 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Mound Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (551 to 534); teachers up 8% (43.8 to 47.2).
About Indian Mound Middle
Indian Mound Middle is a middle school in McFarland, Wisconsin, according to federal school records. The school enrolls 534 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Wisconsin) has about 381 students.
McFarland School District counts 9 schools and 5,921 students, including Indian Mound Middle.
At Indian Mound Middle, White students make up 82% of the student body. Smaller groups are 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. By the diversity index, Indian Mound Middle comes in at 32%.
The count of teachers at Indian Mound Middle is 47.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.3:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. Around 18% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Dane County report 32%.
allk12 grades Indian Mound Middle an A-. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Indian Mound Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.7%; the prediction is 66.6%.
In the county around the school, Dane County, median household income is about $89,975, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 169 public schools operate in Dane County, serving about 78,525 students.
Nearby, McFarland High is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Indian Mound Middle is Suburb: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (543) and 2024-25 (534). The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.3:1 to 11.3:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 McFarland School District
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)High · 1,566 students
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)Elementary · 1,393 students
- McFarland HighHigh · 727 students
- Waubesa IntermediateElementary · 489 students
- Conrad Elvehjem Primary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin HighHigh · 423 students
Other schools in McFarland
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)High · 1,566 students
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)Elementary · 1,393 students
- McFarland HighHigh · 727 students
- Waubesa IntermediateElementary · 489 students
- Conrad Elvehjem Primary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin HighHigh · 423 students
Nearby schools
- McFarland High0.2 mi · 727
- Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High0.4 mi · 423
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)0.4 mi · 1,566
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)0.4 mi · 1,393
- Insight School of Wisconsin High0.4 mi · 202
- 4K McFarland0.5 mi · 138
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Mound MiddleHow large is Indian Mound Middle?
Indian Mound Middle enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Indian Mound Middle serve?
Indian Mound Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Indian Mound Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Indian Mound Middle is approximately 11.3:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Indian Mound Middle?
At Indian Mound Middle, the student body is approximately 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Indian Mound Middle public or private?
Indian Mound Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by McFarland School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.