Shawano Community Middle

Shawano Community Middle is one of the moderately sized 6-8 campuss in Shawano, Wisconsin, operated by Shawano School District, with 436 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Shawano School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,079 students, Shawano Community Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Shawano Community Middle lists that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Native American, 14% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 56% of students at Shawano Community Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Shawano County's rate of about 47%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Shawano Community Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 46.1%, a residual of +2.8 points.

In the broader community, Shawano County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,479 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Shawano County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,832 students), of which Shawano Community Middle is one.

Brener Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shawano Community Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.7%.

Shawano Community Middle operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shawano Community Middle has rose 21%, going from 360 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 63% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Shawano Community Middle community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.