Enrollment
73
Middle
DISTRICT 125 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THREE LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551485002954
Three Lakes Junior High
6930 W School St, Three Lakes, WI 54562 · (715) 546-3321 · Oneida County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL73 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.2:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
31 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 7 | 33 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 55% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Three Lakes Junior High→Three Lakes High
Based on grade levels within Three Lakes School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
73.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.1% | 73.8% |
| 2023-24 | 62.7% | 69.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Three Lakes Junior High
Three Lakes Junior High's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Lakes Junior High this school | 73 | 42.5% | 66.9% |
| Ithaca Middle Richland Center | 69 | 43.5% | 45.0% |
| De Soto Middle De Soto | 101 | 45.5% | 53.2% |
| Black Hawk Middle South Wayne | 76 | 40.8% | 52.4% |
| Wausaukee Middle Wausaukee | 94 | 45.7% | 41.6% |
| Prentice Middle Prentice | 90 | 37.8% | 55.7% |
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 Three Lakes Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 73 | #355 of 389 |
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
73
-11 (-13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 73 | 7.2 | 10.2:1 | 42% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 77 | 7.7 | 10.0:1 | 43% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 80 | 7.7 | 10.4:1 | 41% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 84 | 7 | 12.0:1 | 40% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 80 | 7.3 | 11.0:1 | 30% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 63 | 7 | 9.0:1 | 57% (36) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Three Lakes Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (80 to 73); teachers down 1% (7.3 to 7.2).
About Three Lakes Junior High
Families in Three Lakes, Wisconsin, are served by Three Lakes Junior High, a small middle school. The school enrolls 73 students, from grades 7 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 381, so this school runs 81% smaller than that.
Within Three Lakes School District, Three Lakes Junior High is one of 4 schools. The district enrolls 500 students.
Three Lakes Junior High enrolls a student body that is 93% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% multiracial. The White share in Oneida County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. The chance that two students picked at random at Three Lakes Junior High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.2:1, with 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin average 12.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 42%. That is close to the 42% average for public schools in Oneida County.
The allk12 Grade for Three Lakes Junior High is A. Compared with Wisconsin public middle schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Three Lakes Junior High is in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.9% is 15.3 points above the 51.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Oneida County, median household income is about $69,371, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Oneida County number 15 and enroll about 3,949.
The next-closest public school is Three Lakes Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Three Lakes Junior High. Its average proficiency rate of 66.9% is above the 54.8% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 13%, from 84 to 73. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.0 to 10.2 over 4 years.
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Oneida County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,167
Census ACS
Median income
$69,371
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,949 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Three Lakes School District
- Three Lakes ElementaryElementary · 160 students
- Three Lakes HighHigh · 156 students
- Sugar Camp ElementaryElementary · 111 students
Other schools in Three Lakes
- Three Lakes ElementaryElementary · 160 students
- Three Lakes HighHigh · 156 students
Nearby schools
- Three Lakes Elementary0.0 mi · 160
- Three Lakes High0.0 mi · 156
- Sugar Camp Elementary7.5 mi · 111
- School of Options and Applied Research High10.6 mi · 65
- Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River10.6 mi · 484
- Northland Pines Middle and High School10.6 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About Three Lakes Junior HighHow large is Three Lakes Junior High?
Three Lakes Junior High enrolls approximately 73 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Three Lakes Junior High serve?
Three Lakes Junior High serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Three Lakes Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Three Lakes Junior High is approximately 10.2:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Three Lakes Junior High?
At Three Lakes Junior High, the student body is approximately 93% White, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Three Lakes Junior High?
Three Lakes Junior High is overseen by Three Lakes School District in Oneida County.
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