Enrollment
73
Middle
DISTRICT 108 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHULLSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551383002400
Shullsburg Junior High
444 N Judgement St, Shullsburg, WI 53586 · (608) 965-4427 · Lafayette County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL73 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- DTest 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
11.3:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
37 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 6 | 21 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 42% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Shullsburg Junior High→Shullsburg High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Shullsburg School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
31.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.8% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.4% | 40.8% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Shullsburg Junior High
Shullsburg Junior High's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shullsburg Junior High this school | 73 | 50.7% | 39.7% |
| Plum City Middle School Plum City | 51 | 47.1% | 49.7% |
| Almond-Bancroft Middle Almond | 77 | 42.9% | 37.7% |
| Waterloo Middle Waterloo | 118 | 44.1% | 47.2% |
| Highland Community Middle Highland | 58 | 44.8% | 46.8% |
| Owen-Withee Junior High Owen | 112 | 58.9% | 39.5% |
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 Shullsburg Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 73 | #354 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
73
+2 (+3%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 208
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 73 | 6.5 | 11.3:1 | 51% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 77 | 7.2 | 10.7:1 | 40% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 79 | 6.6 | 12.0:1 | 41% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 71 | 5 | 14.2:1 | 48% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 83 | 7.8 | 10.7:1 | 35% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 82 | 7 | 11.7:1 | 43% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 75 | 6 | 12.5:1 | 41% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 90 | 6 | 15.0:1 | 16% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 208 | 4 | 52.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shullsburg Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (83 to 73); teachers down 17% (7.8 to 6.5).
About Shullsburg Junior High
Shullsburg Junior High sits in Shullsburg, Wisconsin, and is classified as a middle school. The school reports 73 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 81% smaller than the 381 average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
A total of 3 schools make up Shullsburg School District, with 325 students enrolled.
White students make up a majority at Shullsburg Junior High, at 77%. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Lafayette County's population at about 91%. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1 at Shullsburg Junior High, with 6.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 51%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lafayette County is 42%.
Shullsburg Junior High is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Shullsburg Junior High scores 39.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 46.5%.
Lafayette County census figures show that the median household income is $76,462, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 17 public schools in Lafayette County, enrolling about 2,658 students in all.
Nearest public school: Shullsburg Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Local comparison: Shullsburg Junior High ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 39.7% versus a 57.7% average.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment climbed 3% from its 2020-21 level of 71. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.2:1 to 11.3:1.
The Shullsburg Junior High community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lafayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,942
Census ACS
Median income
$76,462
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
2,658 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shullsburg School District
- Shullsburg ElementaryElementary · 143 students
- Shullsburg HighHigh · 109 students
Other schools in Shullsburg
- Shullsburg ElementaryElementary · 143 students
- Shullsburg HighHigh · 109 students
Nearby schools
- Shullsburg Elementary0.0 mi · 143
- Shullsburg High0.0 mi · 109
- Scales Mound Jr High School7.0 mi · 52
- Scales Mound High School7.0 mi · 67
- Scales Mound Elementary School7.0 mi · 138
- Benton Middle7.8 mi · 31
Frequently asked questions
About Shullsburg Junior HighHow large is Shullsburg Junior High?
Shullsburg Junior High enrolls approximately 73 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Shullsburg Junior High serve?
Shullsburg Junior High serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Shullsburg Junior High?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Shullsburg Junior High.
How diverse is Shullsburg Junior High?
Shullsburg Junior High reports a student body of 77% White, 23% Hispanic.
What district is Shullsburg Junior High in?
Shullsburg Junior High is part of Shullsburg School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.