Enrollment
248
Middle
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARDEEVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551137001519
Pardeeville Middle
120 Oak St, Pardeeville, WI 53954 · (608) 429-2153 · Columbia County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% 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.
- CBeats 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
17.3:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
88 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 5 | 48 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 26% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Pardeeville Middle→Pardeeville High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pardeeville Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
50.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 50.4% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Pardeeville Middle
Pardeeville Middle's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pardeeville Middle this school | 248 | 35.5% | 54.5% |
| Mondovi Middle Mondovi | 197 | 35.5% | 50.7% |
| Westby Middle Westby | 272 | 32.4% | 59.0% |
| Viroqua Middle Viroqua | 253 | 37.9% | 60.3% |
| Northwestern Middle Poplar | 289 | 32.9% | 63.8% |
| Lancaster Middle Lancaster | 231 | 38.5% | 59.4% |
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 Pardeeville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #191 of 323 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #225 of 327 ▼ 1 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #210 of 327 ▲ 7 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #235 of 389 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #260 of 265 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #263 of 265 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #166 of 323 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #171 of 176 | 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
248
-25 (-9%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 138
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 248 | 14.4 | 17.3:1 | 35% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 14.4 | 17.9:1 | 33% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 18.3 | 13.4:1 | 35% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 36% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 251 | 17.5 | 14.3:1 | 27% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 216 | 14 | 15.4:1 | 37% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 209 | 16 | 13.1:1 | 38% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 145 | 8 | 18.1:1 | 19% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 138 | 5 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pardeeville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (251 to 248); teachers down 18% (17.5 to 14.4).
About Pardeeville Middle
Pardeeville Middle, a small middle school, is located in Pardeeville, Wisconsin. The latest federal count shows 248 students in grades 5 through 8. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 381 students, so this school is 35% smaller than average.
Pardeeville Area School District has 863 students spread across 3 schools.
White students make up 95% of enrollment at Pardeeville Middle. The next largest groups are 2% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The White share in Columbia County as a whole is similar, at about 91%. The school's diversity index is 10%, meaning two students picked at random have a 10% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Pardeeville Middle total 14.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.3:1. That is 4.5 students per teacher above the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 35%. That tracks the 32% average for public schools in Columbia County.
Pardeeville Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Pardeeville Middle scores 54.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.9%.
In Columbia County (population about 58,272), the median household income is $85,351, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Pardeeville Middle is one of 31 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Pardeeville Middle to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Pardeeville High. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Pardeeville Middle ranks 4th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Pardeeville Middle the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment declined 9% from its 2020-21 level of 273. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.2:1 in 2020-21 to 17.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,272
Census ACS
Median income
$85,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
8,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pardeeville Area School District
- Pardeeville ElementaryElementary · 331 students
- Pardeeville HighHigh · 284 students
Other schools in Pardeeville
- Pardeeville ElementaryElementary · 331 students
- Pardeeville HighHigh · 284 students
Nearby schools
- Pardeeville High0.0 mi · 284
- Pardeeville Elementary0.1 mi · 331
- Rio Elementary6.5 mi · 169
- Rio Middle/High6.9 mi · 183
- Woodridge Elementary8.7 mi · 201
- Muir Elementary8.7 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Pardeeville MiddleHow many students attend Pardeeville Middle?
Pardeeville Middle enrolls approximately 248 students in grades 05-08.
Is Pardeeville Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pardeeville Middle is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Pardeeville Middle have?
Pardeeville Middle employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
How diverse is Pardeeville Middle?
Pardeeville Middle reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Pardeeville Middle?
Pardeeville Middle is overseen by Pardeeville Area School District in Columbia County.
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