Marathon Venture Academy

Set in Marathon, Wisconsin, Marathon Venture Academy is a compact intermediate school, part of Marathon City School District. It caters to 173 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 55% below the state mean of about 381.

Marathon City School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 770 students. Marathon Venture Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Marathon Venture Academy shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Marathon County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Marathon Venture Academy has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Marathon County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Marathon Venture Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Marathon County) records that median household income runs about $77,884, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Marathon County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students), of which Marathon Venture Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Marathon Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Marathon Venture Academy. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Marathon Venture Academy ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area. Marathon Venture Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.