Enrollment
112
Middle
DISTRICT 176 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANAWA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550855000970
Manawa Middle
515 E 4th St, Manawa, WI 54949 · (920) 596-5800 · Waupaca County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL112 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% 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.
- C-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
12.0:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
48 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 29 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 29% |
Student demographics
31%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
Manawa Middle→Little Wolf High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Manawa School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 41.1% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Manawa Middle
Manawa Middle's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manawa Middle this school | 112 | 42.9% | 46.3% |
| River Ridge Middle Patch Grove | 124 | 42.7% | 69.8% |
| Turtle Lake Middle Turtle Lake | 96 | 39.6% | 56.8% |
| Loyal Middle School Loyal | 108 | 42.6% | 50.7% |
| Horicon Middle School Horicon | 152 | 40.8% | 65.9% |
| Boyceville Middle Boyceville | 155 | 41.9% | 56.1% |
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 Manawa Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waupaca County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #257 of 323 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #243 of 327 ▲ 31 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #254 of 327 ▲ 32 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 112 | #320 of 389 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #117 of 323 | 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
112
-17 (-13%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 278
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 112 | 9.3 | 12.0:1 | 43% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 113 | 9 | 12.5:1 | 50% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 115 | 7 | 16.5:1 | 44% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 129 | 7 | 18.4:1 | 43% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 19% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 278 | 13 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manawa Middle.
About Manawa Middle
Manawa Middle is a middle school located in Manawa, Wisconsin, in Waupaca County. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 112 students. That is 71% below the average of about 381 students for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Manawa School District, which runs Manawa Middle, has 3 schools and 528 students.
By race and ethnicity, Manawa Middle is 82% White. Other groups include 10% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 93% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
Staffing at Manawa Middle comes to 9.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.0:1. Middle schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 12.8:1. On the income side, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Waupaca County average a similar 43%.
Manawa Middle holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 18% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
Manawa Middle scores 46.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 51.4%.
In Waupaca County, the median household earns about $72,830 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Waupaca County, 26 public schools serve about 7,466 students.
Little Wolf High is less than a tenth of a mile from Manawa Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Manawa Middle is 7th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Manawa Middle in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 129 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 112 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.4 to 12.0 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the Manawa Middle community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Waupaca County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,569
Census ACS
Median income
$72,830
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,466 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manawa School District
- Manawa ElementaryElementary · 221 students
- Little Wolf HighHigh · 195 students
Other schools in Manawa
- Manawa ElementaryElementary · 221 students
- Little Wolf HighHigh · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Little Wolf High0.0 mi · 195
- Manawa Elementary0.2 mi · 221
- Sugar Bush Elementary9.2 mi · 119
- Weyauwega High9.4 mi · 274
- Weyauwega Middle9.4 mi · 153
- Weyauwega Elementary9.4 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Manawa MiddleHow large is Manawa Middle?
Manawa Middle enrolls approximately 112 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Manawa Middle serve?
Manawa Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Manawa Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Manawa Middle is approximately 12.0:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Manawa Middle?
At Manawa Middle, the student body is approximately 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Manawa Middle public or private?
Manawa Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Manawa School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.