Onalaska Middle

Located at 707 8th Ave N, in Onalaska, Wisconsin, Onalaska Middle is an expansive middle school that enrolls 620 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Onalaska School District. Enrollment runs roughly 63% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Onalaska School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,920 students; Onalaska Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Onalaska Middle shows that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Onalaska Middle has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 30% of students at Onalaska Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Onalaska Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.3%, the actual is 62.9%, a residual of +3.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (La Crosse County) records that median household income runs about $73,013, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, La Crosse County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,903 students), of which Onalaska Middle is one.

Northern Hills Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Onalaska Middle comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Onalaska Middle has ticked down 12%, going from 704 students in 2018 to 620 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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