Ithaca Middle

Ithaca Middle is a middle school of rural-scale scale in Richland Center, Wisconsin, part of Ithaca School District, teacheing 69 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Ithaca Middle sits 82% smaller than that benchmark.

Ithaca School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 319 students; Ithaca Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ithaca Middle logs that nearly all students (91%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Richland County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Ithaca Middle records 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Richland County (around 57%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ithaca Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 45.0%, a residual of -6.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Richland County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $66,420 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ithaca Middle is one of 9 public schools in Richland County (combined enrollment of about 1,440 students).

Ithaca High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ithaca Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ithaca Middle has contracted 42%, going from 118 students in 2018 to 69 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 96% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.