Tomahawk Middle
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 88 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 35% |
School pathway
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.2% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.2% | 52.4% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% 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%.
Schools most like Tomahawk Middle
Tomahawk Middle's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomahawk Middle this school | 259 | 48.3% | 55.3% |
| Spooner Middle Spooner | 276 | 48.9% | 53.3% |
| Unity Middle Balsam Lake | 238 | 50.4% | 58.1% |
| Bluff View Middle Prairie du Chien | 200 | 50.0% | 62.1% |
| Oconto Middle Oconto | 270 | 52.2% | 48.2% |
| Neillsville Middle Neillsville | 180 | 46.1% | 41.9% |
Where Tomahawk Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #184 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #223 of 327 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #213 of 327 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #226 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #126 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #248 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.3% | #83 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #70 of 176 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 259 | 20.1 | 12.9:1 | 48% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 21.2 | 12.4:1 | 44% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 20.2 | 13.8:1 | 42% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 35% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 20.6 | 14.7:1 | 33% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 36% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 23 | 14.8:1 | 40% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 20% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 254 | 10 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (303 to 259); teachers down 3% (20.6 to 20.1).
About Tomahawk Middle
Tomahawk Middle is a low-enrollment middle school based in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. In all, 259 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. The school is 32% below the average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Tomahawk School District is responsible for 3 schools, Tomahawk Middle included, with 1,142 students in all.
Tomahawk Middle is 92% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Lincoln County, where about 94% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
Teacher count: 20.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Wisconsin is similar, at 12.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 48%. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Lincoln County, the school's rate is higher.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Tomahawk Middle's results are 7.2 points above predicted: 55.3% against 48.0%.
The school is in Lincoln County, where median household income comes to about $68,164, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Lincoln County's 12 public schools enroll about 3,880 students and include Tomahawk Middle.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Tomahawk High, is less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. On average proficiency, Tomahawk Middle is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% drop, from 274 to 259.
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