Indian Mound Middle

Located at 6330 Exchange St, in McFarland, Wisconsin, Indian Mound Middle is a moderately sized middle school that hosts 534 students (grades 6 through 8), run under McFarland School District. That puts it 40% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

McFarland School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,921 students; Indian Mound Middle is among them.

On demographics, Indian Mound Middle logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder looks like 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at Indian Mound 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Indian Mound Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.6%, the actual is 70.7%, a residual of +4.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dane County put the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Indian Mound Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: McFarland High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Indian Mound Middle.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Indian Mound Middle has fell 3%, going from 551 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 86% to 82%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.