Spring Valley Middle
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Spring Valley Middle
Spring Valley Middle is a 6-8 campus of very small scale in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, run under Spring Valley School District, instructing 140 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Spring Valley Middle sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.
Within Spring Valley School District, which oversees 3 schools and 651 students, Spring Valley Middle is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Spring Valley Middle reports that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Spring Valley Middle has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, Spring Valley Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.9%; this one delivers 72.5%.
In the area at large, census data for Pierce County shows median household earnings sit near $92,109, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Pierce County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,419 students), Spring Valley Middle is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Spring Valley High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spring Valley Middle at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 66.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spring Valley Middle has ticked down 15%, going from 164 students in 2018 to 140 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.
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- Spring Valley ElementaryElementary · 317 students
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- Spring Valley Elementary0.0 mi · 317
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- Elmwood High6.1 mi · 90
- Elmwood Middle6.1 mi · 92
- Western Wisconsin Virtual Charter School (WWVC)6.1 mi · 18