Enrollment
231
Middle
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550777000890
Lancaster Middle
802 E Elm St, Lancaster, WI 53813 · (608) 723-6425 · Grant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL231 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
89 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 72 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 90 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 30% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Lancaster Middle→Lancaster High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lancaster Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
68.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.8% | 68.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 61.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
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 Lancaster Middle
Lancaster Middle's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Middle this school | 231 | 38.5% | 59.4% |
| Grantsburg Middle Grantsburg | 278 | 39.9% | 62.1% |
| Pardeeville Middle Pardeeville | 248 | 35.5% | 54.5% |
| Mondovi Middle Mondovi | 197 | 35.5% | 50.7% |
| Viroqua Middle Viroqua | 253 | 37.9% | 60.3% |
| Parkview Junior High Orfordville | 171 | 36.8% | 60.2% |
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 Lancaster Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #149 of 323 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #95 of 327 ▲ 45 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #159 of 327 ▲ 56 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 231 | #243 of 389 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #242 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #258 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #148 of 323 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #38 of 79 | N/A |
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
231
+14 (+6%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 231 | 14.7 | 15.7:1 | 39% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 14.5 | 16.2:1 | 36% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 14.5 | 16.0:1 | 37% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 14 | 15.5:1 | 43% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 214 | 15.6 | 13.7:1 | 41% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 143 | 13 | 11.0:1 | 41% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 207 | 16 | 12.9:1 | 38% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 22% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 29 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lancaster Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (214 to 231); teachers down 6% (15.6 to 14.7).
About Lancaster Middle
Lancaster Middle is a low-enrollment middle school based in Lancaster, Wisconsin. There are 231 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 39% below the average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Lancaster Community School District operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 991 students.
The share of students at Lancaster Middle who are White is 94%. Enrollment also includes 5% Hispanic. Grant County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
Lancaster Middle lists 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.7 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1. About 39% of students at Lancaster Middle are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Grant County is similar, at 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lancaster Middle lands at B+, ahead of 65% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
Test results at Lancaster Middle are 5.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (59.4% actual, 54.0% predicted).
In Grant County, home to about 51,770 people, median household income comes to about $66,858, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 32 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,838, Lancaster Middle among them.
Lancaster Middle's nearest public school is Lancaster High (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 61.4%; Lancaster Middle's is 59.4%, ranking 7th of 9.
Lancaster Middle is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
The school's enrollment rose 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Lancaster Middle community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,770
Census ACS
Median income
$66,858
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
6,838 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lancaster Community School District
- Winskill ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Lancaster HighHigh · 325 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- Winskill ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Lancaster HighHigh · 325 students
Other Lancaster Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lancaster Middle. Lancaster Middle is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Lancaster Middle SchoolLANCASTER, TX · 908 students
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOLLANCASTER, NY · 876 students
Nearby schools
- Lancaster High0.0 mi · 325
- Winskill Elementary0.8 mi · 435
- Fennimore Elementary9.5 mi · 380
- Fennimore Middle9.7 mi · 186
- Fennimore High9.7 mi · 255
- Potosi Elementary10.9 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Lancaster MiddleHow many students attend Lancaster Middle?
Lancaster Middle enrolls approximately 231 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lancaster Middle serve?
Lancaster Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lancaster Middle have?
Lancaster Middle employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Lancaster Middle?
Student demographics at Lancaster Middle are roughly 94% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Lancaster Middle?
Lancaster Middle is overseen by Lancaster Community School District in Grant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.