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Enrollment
687
Middle
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPARTA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551416001842
Sparta Meadowview Middle
1225 N Water St, Sparta, WI 54656 · (608) 366-3497 · Monroe County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.7:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
342 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 5 | 159 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 161 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 180 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 27% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sparta Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
38.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 36.9% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
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 Sparta Meadowview Middle
Sparta Meadowview Middle's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta Meadowview Middle this school | 687 | 49.8% | 40.3% |
| Beaver Dam Middle Beaver Dam | 633 | 49.4% | 44.1% |
| Riverside Middle Watertown | 616 | 44.5% | 47.1% |
| Marshall Middle Janesville | 747 | 45.1% | 53.0% |
| Bessie Allen Middle North Fond du Lac | 339 | 48.7% | 39.9% |
| Monroe Middle Monroe | 483 | 41.4% | 57.9% |
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 Sparta Meadowview Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #279 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #282 of 327 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #279 of 327 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #61 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #24 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #98 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #76 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.0% | #11 of 79 |
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
687
-99 (-13%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 687 | 64.4 | 10.7:1 | 50% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 706 | 64.8 | 10.9:1 | 50% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 722 | 70 | 10.3:1 | 50% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 786 | 68 | 11.6:1 | 48% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 45.7 | 11.0:1 | 45% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 40 | 11.9:1 | 55% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 48% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 617 | 48 | 12.8:1 | 32% (196) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sparta Meadowview Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (505 to 687); teachers up 41% (45.7 to 64.4).
About Sparta Meadowview Middle
Sparta Meadowview Middle sits in Sparta, Wisconsin, and is classified as a middle school. The school serves 687 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Wisconsin is roughly 381 students; this school is 80% above that.
Sparta Area School District is made up of 7 schools with 2,749 students in all.
At Sparta Meadowview Middle, White students make up 71% of the student body. It is also 21% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Monroe County is roughly 90% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 64.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.7:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. The school's lunch program data list 50% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Sparta Meadowview Middle is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sparta Meadowview Middle would score about 47.1%. It scores 40.3%, 6.8 points below that figure.
Sparta Meadowview Middle is located in Monroe County, where the median household income is $69,467, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides Sparta Meadowview Middle, Monroe County has 22 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Innovations STEM Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Sparta Meadowview Middle places 6th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 687 students in 2024-25, 99 fewer than the 786 it had in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Sparta Meadowview Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,208
Census ACS
Median income
$69,467
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,845 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sparta Area School District
- Sparta HighHigh · 871 students
- Herrman ElementaryElementary · 616 students
- Southside Early Learning CenterElementary · 268 students
- Sparta Montessori SchoolElementary · 161 students
- Innovations STEM AcademyMiddle · 90 students
- Sparta Alternative Independent Learning SchoolHigh · 56 students
Other schools in Sparta
- Sparta HighHigh · 871 students
- Herrman ElementaryElementary · 616 students
- Southside Early Learning CenterElementary · 268 students
- Sparta Montessori SchoolElementary · 161 students
- Innovations STEM AcademyMiddle · 90 students
- Sparta Alternative Independent Learning SchoolHigh · 56 students
Nearby schools
- Innovations STEM Academy0.0 mi · 90
- Herrman Elementary0.6 mi · 616
- Sparta Alternative Independent Learning School0.8 mi · 56
- Sparta Montessori School0.9 mi · 161
- Sparta High1.0 mi · 871
- Southside Early Learning Center1.6 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About Sparta Meadowview MiddleHow large is Sparta Meadowview Middle?
Sparta Meadowview Middle enrolls approximately 687 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Sparta Meadowview Middle serve?
Sparta Meadowview Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sparta Meadowview Middle have?
Sparta Meadowview Middle employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Sparta Meadowview Middle?
Student demographics at Sparta Meadowview Middle are roughly 71% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Sparta Meadowview Middle in?
Sparta Meadowview Middle is part of Sparta Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.