Enrollment
90
Middle
DISTRICT 109 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRENTICE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551221002767
Prentice Middle
1025 Town St, Prentice, WI 54556 · (715) 428-2811 · Price County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL90 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
12.2:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
34 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 27 | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 29% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Prentice Middle→Prentice High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Prentice School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -11.2pp since 2023
Math
54.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 55.8% | 55.8% |
% 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
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Prentice Middle
Prentice Middle's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Middle this school | 90 | 37.8% | 55.7% |
| Turtle Lake Middle Turtle Lake | 96 | 39.6% | 56.8% |
| Crivitz Middle Crivitz | 120 | 34.2% | 53.6% |
| Three Lakes Junior High Three Lakes | 73 | 42.5% | 66.9% |
| Prairie Farm Middle Prairie Farm | 73 | 35.6% | 60.6% |
| Black Hawk Middle South Wayne | 76 | 40.8% | 52.4% |
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 Prentice Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 90 | #340 of 389 |
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
90
-2 (-2%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 112
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 90 | 7.4 | 12.2:1 | 38% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 84 | 9.3 | 9.1:1 | 46% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 103 | 9.1 | 11.4:1 | 50% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 92 | 9 | 10.2:1 | 46% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 102 | 7.4 | 13.9:1 | 42% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 139 | 7 | 19.9:1 | 35% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 112 | 8 | 14.0:1 | 43% (48) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prentice Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (102 to 90); teachers unchanged (7.4 to 7.4).
About Prentice Middle
Among the schools in Prentice, Wisconsin, is Prentice Middle, a small middle school. Students in grades 5 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 90 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 381 students.
Prentice School District counts 3 schools and 328 students, including Prentice Middle.
Prentice Middle enrolls a student body that is 88% White. After that, the student body is 9% multiracial and 2% Asian. Prentice Middle has a diversity index of 22%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.2:1. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. Eligible students account for 38% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The gap from the 28% average for public schools in Price County is 10 points.
Prentice Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Prentice Middle's results are 1.2 points above predicted: 55.7% against 54.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Price County show that median household income is about $60,546, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 9 public schools in Price County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,464.
Nearby, Prentice Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away. Prentice Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Local comparison: Prentice Middle ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 55.7% versus a 54.3% average.
The federal government classifies Prentice Middle's location as Rural: Remote.
Enrollment went from 92 in 2020-21 to 90 in 2024-25, a change of 2 students. By 2024-25, the school had 12.2 students per teacher, compared with 10.2 in 2020-21.
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Price County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,092
Census ACS
Median income
$60,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,464 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prentice School District
- Prentice ElementaryElementary · 133 students
- Prentice HighHigh · 105 students
Other schools in Prentice
- Prentice ElementaryElementary · 133 students
- Prentice HighHigh · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Prentice Elementary0.0 mi · 133
- Prentice High0.0 mi · 105
- Phillips Elementary11.5 mi · 302
- Phillips Middle11.9 mi · 144
- Phillips High11.9 mi · 204
- Rib Lake Elementary15.5 mi · 239
Frequently asked questions
About Prentice MiddleHow many students attend Prentice Middle?
Prentice Middle enrolls approximately 90 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Prentice Middle serve?
Prentice Middle serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Prentice Middle have?
Prentice Middle employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prentice Middle?
At Prentice Middle, the student body is approximately 88% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Prentice Middle public or private?
Prentice Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prentice School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.