Enrollment
297
Middle
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT CROIX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551323002314
Saint Croix Falls Middle
740 Maple Dr, Saint Croix Falls, WI 54024 · (715) 483-2507 · Polk County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
96 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 69 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 25% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Saint Croix Falls Middle→Saint Croix Falls High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Saint Croix Falls School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
66.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.6% | 66.2% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Saint Croix Falls Middle
Saint Croix Falls Middle's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Croix Falls Middle this school | 297 | 32.3% | 66.4% |
| Northwestern Middle Poplar | 289 | 32.9% | 63.8% |
| Dodgeville Middle Dodgeville | 283 | 32.9% | 55.8% |
| Westby Middle Westby | 272 | 32.4% | 59.0% |
| River Valley Middle Spring Green | 324 | 33.3% | 63.6% |
| Cameron Middle Cameron | 319 | 30.1% | 66.6% |
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 Saint Croix Falls Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #84 of 323 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #108 of 327 ▼ 31 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #60 of 327 ▲ 1 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #208 of 389 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #253 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #243 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #189 of 323 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #46 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
297
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 222
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 297 | 17.9 | 16.6:1 | 32% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 20.3 | 15.3:1 | 32% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 21.4 | 15.5:1 | 33% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 20 | 15.9:1 | 36% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 21.9 | 16.8:1 | 34% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 339 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 36% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 21 | 14.7:1 | 36% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 16% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 222 | 14 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saint Croix Falls Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (367 to 297); teachers down 18% (21.9 to 17.9).
About Saint Croix Falls Middle
Saint Croix Falls Middle is a middle school in Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and it is part of Saint Croix Falls School District. It enrolled 297 students in grades 5 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Wisconsin average about 381 students each.
The 4 schools of Saint Croix Falls School District, including Saint Croix Falls Middle, enroll 991 students.
The large majority of students at Saint Croix Falls Middle, 91%, are White. The remaining shares are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, about 94% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Saint Croix Falls Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
The school has about 16.6 students per teacher and 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 32%.
allk12 grades Saint Croix Falls Middle an A-. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Saint Croix Falls Middle is 8.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (66.4% versus 57.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Polk County show that median household income is about $77,219, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 26 public schools in Polk County, with a combined enrollment of about 6,126.
The shortest distance from Saint Croix Falls Middle to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Saint Croix Falls High. The five-mile area around Saint Croix Falls Middle holds 4 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 59.0% proficiency; Saint Croix Falls Middle posts 66.4%.
Federal data place Saint Croix Falls Middle in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Saint Croix Falls Middle went from 318 students to 297.
Discussions about Saint Croix Falls Middle may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,555
Census ACS
Median income
$77,219
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
6,126 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saint Croix Falls School District
- Saint Croix Falls HighHigh · 345 students
- Saint Croix Falls ElementaryElementary · 303 students
- Dresser ElementaryElementary · 46 students
Other schools in Saint Croix Falls
- Saint Croix Falls HighHigh · 345 students
- Saint Croix Falls ElementaryElementary · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Saint Croix Falls High0.0 mi · 345
- Saint Croix Falls Elementary0.2 mi · 303
- Taylors Falls Elementary1.1 mi · 329
- Dresser Elementary3.4 mi · 46
- Osceola Intermediate5.8 mi · 275
- Osceola High5.8 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Saint Croix Falls MiddleHow many students attend Saint Croix Falls Middle?
Saint Croix Falls Middle enrolls approximately 297 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Saint Croix Falls Middle serve?
Saint Croix Falls Middle serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Saint Croix Falls Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Saint Croix Falls Middle is approximately 16.6:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Saint Croix Falls Middle?
At Saint Croix Falls Middle, the student body is approximately 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Saint Croix Falls Middle?
Saint Croix Falls Middle is overseen by Saint Croix Falls School District in Polk County.
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