Luck Middle

Luck Middle is a 6-8 campus of rural-scale scale in Luck, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Luck School District, educateing 82 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 78% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Within Luck School District, which oversees 3 schools and 358 students, Luck Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Luck Middle lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Luck Middle reports 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Luck Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of -13.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Polk County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $77,219 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,126 students), of which Luck Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Luck Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Luck Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

On the community side, the feed for Luck Middle typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.