J C McKenna Middle
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About J C McKenna Middle
J C McKenna Middle is one of the mid-sized 6-8 campuss in Evansville, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Evansville Community School District, with 362 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.
Within Evansville Community School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,622 students, J C McKenna Middle is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, J C McKenna Middle records that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Rock County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, J C McKenna Middle has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Rock County's rate of about 47%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, J C McKenna 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 59.8%, a residual of -6.9 points.
Across the wider county, Rock County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,673 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rock County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students), J C McKenna Middle is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Levi Leonard Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J C McKenna Middle at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 53.9%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J C McKenna Middle has ticked down 11%, going from 405 students in 2018 to 362 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 90% to 85%.
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