Seneca Junior High

Seneca Junior High is a 6-8 campus of tiny scale in Seneca, Wisconsin, run under Seneca Area School District, works with 54 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 86% below the state mean of about 381.

Seneca Junior High is one of 3 schools operated by Seneca Area School District, a district that hosts 255 students overall.

On demographics, Seneca Junior High lists that nearly all students (96%) are White. The remainder looks like 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Crawford County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Seneca Junior High has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Seneca Junior High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 45.8%; this one delivers 64.7%, a residual of +18.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Crawford County) logs that median household income runs about $64,094, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Crawford County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,827 students), of which Seneca Junior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Seneca Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Seneca Junior High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Seneca Junior High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 53.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 65 students in 2018 compared to 54 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.