Plum City Middle School

Located at 907 Main St, in Plum City, Wisconsin, Plum City Middle School is a minimally staffed junior high that teaches 51 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Plum City School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Plum City Middle School sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

Plum City School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 215 students; Plum City Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Plum City Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Beyond that, the school lists 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Plum City Middle School has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Pierce County (around 23%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Plum City Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 49.7%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Pierce County shows median household earnings sit near $92,109, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Plum City Middle School is one of 26 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 7,419 students).

Plum City High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Plum City Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Plum City Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 63.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.