Enrollment
276
Middle
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOONER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551422001849
Spooner Middle
750 Oak St, Spooner, WI 54801 · (715) 635-2173 · Washburn County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
135 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 5 | 77 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 25% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Spooner Middle→Spooner High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Spooner Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
45.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.6% | 42.0% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
Where Spooner Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #201 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #257 of 327 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #162 of 327 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #218 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #43 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #228 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #79 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #29 of 176 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
276
-27 (-9%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 276 | 24.4 | 11.3:1 | 49% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 24.2 | 10.7:1 | 53% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 25.7 | 10.8:1 | 55% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 54% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 22.8 | 15.8:1 | 46% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 53% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 49% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 30% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 28 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spooner Middle.
About Spooner Middle
Students in Spooner, Wisconsin, attend Spooner Middle, a small middle-grades school. A federal count lists 276 students at the school, in grades 5 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 381, so this school runs 28% smaller than that.
Besides Spooner Middle, Spooner Area School District runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 1,000 students.
Federal enrollment data show Spooner Middle is 89% White. It is also 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. That is close to the 93% White share among all Washburn County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 19% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.3:1, with 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 49% of enrollment. That tracks the 47% average for public schools in Washburn County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Spooner Middle is 5.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.3% actual, 47.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Within Washburn County, the median household income is $63,441, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Besides Spooner Middle, Washburn County has 15 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Spooner Middle to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Spooner Elementary. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Spooner Middle ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Spooner Middle has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
Over 4 years, Spooner Middle's enrollment declined 9%, to 276.
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Washburn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,854
Census ACS
Median income
$63,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
2,097 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spooner Area School District
- Spooner ElementaryElementary · 363 students
- Spooner HighHigh · 361 students
Other schools in Spooner
- Spooner ElementaryElementary · 363 students
- Spooner HighHigh · 361 students
Nearby schools
- Spooner Elementary0.7 mi · 363
- Spooner High1.0 mi · 361
- Shell Lake Elementary (3-6)7.0 mi · 153
- Shell Lake Junior/Senior High7.0 mi · 300
- Shell Lake Primary (K-2)7.0 mi · 131
- Haugen Elementary15.9 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About Spooner MiddleHow large is Spooner Middle?
Spooner Middle enrolls approximately 276 students in grades 05-08.
Is Spooner Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spooner Middle is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spooner Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spooner Middle is approximately 11.3:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spooner Middle?
At Spooner Middle, the student body is approximately 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Spooner Middle?
Spooner Middle is overseen by Spooner Area School District in Washburn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.