Enrollment
144
Middle
DISTRICT 242 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LADYSMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550759000878
Ladysmith Middle
1700 Edgewood Ave E, Ladysmith, WI 54848 · (715) 532-5531 · Rusk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- C+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
9.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
97 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 6 | 46 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 35% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Ladysmith Middle→Ladysmith High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ladysmith School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.1% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 48.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Ladysmith Middle
Ladysmith Middle's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladysmith Middle this school | 144 | 67.4% | 54.0% |
| Flambeau Middle Tony | 115 | 65.2% | 39.3% |
| Etude Middle Sheboygan | 77 | 66.2% | 39.3% |
| Gillett Middle Gillett | 120 | 59.2% | 53.9% |
| Cornell Middle Cornell | 83 | 63.9% | 44.0% |
| Chequamegon Middle Glidden | 128 | 58.6% | 48.4% |
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 Ladysmith Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #195 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #148 of 327 ▲ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #164 of 327 ▲ 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #294 of 389 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #22 of 323 |
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
144
-34 (-19%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 234
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 144 | 14.8 | 9.8:1 | 67% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 159 | 13.6 | 11.7:1 | 59% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 169 | 13.4 | 12.6:1 | 51% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 178 | 13 | 13.7:1 | 62% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 169 | 12.5 | 13.5:1 | 57% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 184 | 13 | 14.2:1 | 64% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 236 | 16 | 14.8:1 | 65% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 216 | 20 | 10.8:1 | 38% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 234 | 21 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ladysmith Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (169 to 144); teachers up 18% (12.5 to 14.8).
About Ladysmith Middle
A very small middle school in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, Ladysmith Middle is part of Ladysmith School District. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 144 students. Middle schools in Wisconsin average about 381 students, which makes this school 62% below average.
District-wide, Ladysmith School District has 3 schools and 727 students.
At Ladysmith Middle, 88% of students are White. After that, the student body is 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
Based on 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Ladysmith Middle has a ratio of 9.8:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 3.0 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 67%.
Ladysmith Middle earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ladysmith Middle is +17.7 points, in the top 10% of Wisconsin. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.0%, and the predicted rate is 36.3%.
In Rusk County, home to about 14,179 people, median household income comes to about $59,944, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 9 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,547, Ladysmith Middle among them.
Ladysmith Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Ladysmith High, its nearest public school. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Ladysmith Middle ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Ladysmith Middle is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 19%, from 178 to 144. By 2024-25, the school had 9.8 students per teacher, compared with 13.7 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Rusk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,179
Census ACS
Median income
$59,944
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ladysmith School District
- Ladysmith ElementaryElementary · 328 students
- Ladysmith HighHigh · 255 students
Other schools in Ladysmith
- Ladysmith ElementaryElementary · 328 students
- Ladysmith HighHigh · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Ladysmith High0.0 mi · 255
- Ladysmith Elementary1.0 mi · 328
- Flambeau Middle4.2 mi · 115
- Flambeau High4.2 mi · 129
- Flambeau Elementary4.2 mi · 188
- Bruce High9.6 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About Ladysmith MiddleHow large is Ladysmith Middle?
Ladysmith Middle enrolls approximately 144 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ladysmith Middle serve?
Ladysmith Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ladysmith Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ladysmith Middle is approximately 9.8:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ladysmith Middle?
At Ladysmith Middle, the student body is approximately 88% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ladysmith Middle in?
Ladysmith Middle is part of Ladysmith School District.
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