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Enrollment
529
Middle
DISTRICT 740 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAU CLAIRE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550405000645
Northstar Middle
2711 Abbe Hill Dr, Eau Claire, WI 54703 · (715) 852-5100 · Eau Claire County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
227 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 177 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 176 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 176 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
59.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 59.3% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 56.6% |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Northstar Middle
Northstar Middle's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northstar Middle this school | 529 | 42.9% | 54.8% |
| Menomonie Middle Menomonie | 730 | 41.5% | 59.9% |
| DeLong Middle Eau Claire | 893 | 43.6% | 56.1% |
| Longfellow Middle La Crosse | 631 | 46.9% | 45.1% |
| Horace Mann Middle Wausau | 635 | 46.1% | 52.5% |
| Tipler Middle Oshkosh | 366 | 41.0% | 67.3% |
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 Northstar Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Eau Claire County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #189 of 323 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #157 of 327 ▲ 23 | #2 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #166 of 327 ▲ 8 | #3 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #117 of 389 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #47 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #122 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #115 of 323 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #69 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
529
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 529 | 46.4 | 11.4:1 | 43% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 41.7 | 12.7:1 | 44% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 39.5 | 12.7:1 | 42% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 46% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 40.7 | 12.9:1 | 37% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 39 | 14.0:1 | 46% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 40% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 50 | 13.4:1 | 26% (172) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northstar Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (524 to 529); teachers up 14% (40.7 to 46.4).
About Northstar Middle
As a medium-sized middle-grades school, Northstar Middle serves students in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. A total of 529 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 381 students, so this school is 39% larger than average.
Northstar Middle is part of Eau Claire Area School District, where 23 schools serve 10,687 students.
White students make up a majority at Northstar Middle, at 77%. The remaining shares are 12% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Eau Claire County's population at about 88%. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. On average, middle schools in Wisconsin have 12.8:1, compared with 11.4:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Northstar Middle is 43%.
Northstar Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 49% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Northstar Middle, the prediction is 51.3% and the result is 54.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Eau Claire County show that the median household income is $74,546, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Northstar Middle is one of 36 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Locust Lane Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Northstar Middle is 3rd of 6 on proficiency.
Northstar Middle is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment declined 3% from its 2020-21 level of 545. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.6:1 to 11.4:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Northstar Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Eau Claire County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,116
Census ACS
Median income
$74,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
14,002 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eau Claire Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Memorial HighHigh · 1,558 students
- DeLong MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- South MiddleMiddle · 797 students
- Robbins ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Sherman ElementaryElementary · 502 students
Other schools in Eau Claire
- North HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Memorial HighHigh · 1,558 students
- DeLong MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- South MiddleMiddle · 797 students
- Robbins ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Sherman ElementaryElementary · 502 students
Other Northstar Middle schools
One other US public school is named Northstar Middle. Northstar Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Northstar Middle SchoolKirkland, WA · 85 students
Nearby schools
- Locust Lane Elementary0.6 mi · 296
- Davey Elementary0.7 mi · 332
- Northwoods Elementary0.8 mi · 304
- North High0.8 mi · 1,567
- McKinley Charter School1.2 mi · 74
- Longfellow Elementary2.2 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Northstar MiddleHow large is Northstar Middle?
Northstar Middle enrolls approximately 529 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Northstar Middle serve?
Northstar Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northstar Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northstar Middle is approximately 11.4:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Northstar Middle?
Northstar Middle reports a student body of 77% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Northstar Middle?
Northstar Middle is overseen by Eau Claire Area School District in Eau Claire County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.