Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle

Set in Hazel Green, Wisconsin, Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle is a minimally staffed junior high, one of the schools within Southwestern Wisconsin School District. It teaches 96 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 75% below typical.

Across the 3 schools in Southwestern Wisconsin School District (528 students total), Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Grant County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle logs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Grant County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Grant County put median household income runs about $66,858, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle is one of 32 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 6,838 students).

Southwestern Wisconsin High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 61.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.