Enrollment
96
Middle
DISTRICT 176 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550630003097
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle
1105 Maple St, Hazel Green, WI 53811 · (608) 854-2261 · Grant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL96 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.5:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
29 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 32 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 30% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle→Southwestern Wisconsin High
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
45.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -7.7pp 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 45 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.1% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 52.8% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle this school | 96 | 30.2% | 47.0% |
| Athens Middle Athens | 79 | 30.4% | 53.7% |
| Cuba City Middle Cuba City | 129 | 28.7% | 68.5% |
| Elmwood Middle Elmwood | 92 | 29.3% | 79.2% |
| Luck Middle Luck | 82 | 30.5% | 45.1% |
| Randolph Middle School Randolph | 117 | 32.5% | 54.3% |
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 Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 96 | #332 of 389 | #7 of 9 |
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
96
-11 (-10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 96 | 9.1 | 10.5:1 | 30% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 95 | 7.1 | 13.4:1 | 36% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 106 | 8.4 | 12.6:1 | 34% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 107 | 9 | 11.9:1 | 51% (55) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle.
About Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in Hazel Green, Wisconsin. Enrollment stands at 96 students, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 75% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin (about 381).
Southwestern Wisconsin School District has 3 schools and 528 students, and Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle is 91%. Enrollment also includes 5% Hispanic and 4% Black. In Grant County overall, the White share is about 94%. The diversity index for Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle, there are about 10.5 students; the school has 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 29 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 30% of enrollment. It compares with 40% for public schools in Grant County.
On the allk12 Grade, Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle lands at D, ahead of 14% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle is 12.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.0% versus 59.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
American Community Survey estimates for Grant County show that median household income comes to about $66,858, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grant County counts 32 public schools with about 6,838 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Southwestern Wisconsin High, is the closest to Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle enrolled 107 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 96. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.9:1 to 10.5:1.
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Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,770
Census ACS
Median income
$66,858
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
6,838 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southwestern Wisconsin School District
- Southwestern Wisconsin ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Southwestern Wisconsin HighHigh · 151 students
Other schools in Hazel Green
- Southwestern Wisconsin ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Southwestern Wisconsin HighHigh · 151 students
Nearby schools
- Southwestern Wisconsin High0.0 mi · 151
- Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary0.2 mi · 281
- Benton High3.9 mi · 61
- Benton Elementary3.9 mi · 131
- Benton Middle3.9 mi · 31
- Cuba City Middle5.3 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About Southwestern Wisconsin Community MiddleHow large is Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle?
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle enrolls approximately 96 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle serve?
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle is approximately 10.5:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle?
At Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle, the student body is approximately 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black.
Is Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle public or private?
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Southwestern Wisconsin School District.
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