Lake Mills Middle

As a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, Lake Mills Middle serves 413 students from grades 5 through 8, run under Lake Mills Area School District.

Lake Mills Area School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,473 students. Lake Mills Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lake Mills Middle records that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Lake Mills Middle lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jefferson County (around 35%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lake Mills Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.1%; this one delivers 52.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,750 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Jefferson County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,194 students), of which Lake Mills Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lake Mills Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lake Mills Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lake Mills Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Mills Middle has decreased 13%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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