Pardeeville Middle

Pardeeville Middle, a compact middle-grades school in Pardeeville, Wisconsin, run under Pardeeville Area School District, educates 248 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 381.

Pardeeville Area School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 863 students. Pardeeville Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pardeeville Middle reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Columbia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pardeeville Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.9%; this one delivers 54.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Columbia County put median household income runs about $85,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Pardeeville Middle is one of 31 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 8,498 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pardeeville High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pardeeville Middle comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pardeeville Middle's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 251 (now 248). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.