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Traeger Middle
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 154 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 141 | 32% |
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 73.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.8% | 77.4% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Traeger Middle
Traeger Middle's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traeger Middle this school | 447 | 16.8% | 76.8% |
| John Long Middle Grafton | 452 | 14.4% | 72.8% |
| Indian Mound Middle McFarland | 534 | 18.0% | 70.7% |
| Steffen Middle Mequon | 418 | 14.8% | 73.5% |
| De Forest Middle De Forest | 602 | 19.8% | 61.6% |
| Saint Croix Central Middle Hammond | 476 | 18.3% | 69.8% |
Where Traeger Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #22 of 323 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #54 of 327 ▼ 21 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #39 of 327 ▼ 19 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #141 of 389 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #197 of 265 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.4% | #159 of 265 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #287 of 323 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #84 of 176 | N/A |
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 | 447 | 31.7 | 14.1:1 | 17% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 33.9 | 12.8:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 34.4 | 12.5:1 | 16% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 18% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 36.4 | 14.1:1 | 15% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 21% (115) |
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (513 to 447); teachers down 13% (36.4 to 31.7).
About Traeger Middle
Traeger Middle is a middle school located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in Winnebago County. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 447 students.
Oshkosh Area School District has 21 schools and 9,582 students, and Traeger Middle is one of those schools.
Roughly 82% of students at Traeger Middle are White. Other groups include 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Traeger Middle scores 31%.
The school has 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.1 students per teacher. Middle schools in Wisconsin average 12.8:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Traeger Middle, 17% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Winnebago County report 41%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Traeger Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.8%; the prediction is 67.3%.
In the surrounding county, Winnebago County, the median household earns about $74,925 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Winnebago County has 56 public schools with about 22,271 students, including Traeger Middle.
Traeger Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Traeger Elementary, its nearest public school. Traeger Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Traeger Middle's average proficiency of 76.8% compares with 62.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 457 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 447.
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