Tri-County Middle

Tri-County Middle, an one-room-style intermediate school in Plainfield, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Tri-County Area School District, hosts 134 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Tri-County Middle sits 65% smaller than that benchmark.

Tri-County Middle is one of 3 schools operated by Tri-County Area School District, a district that serves 579 students overall.

Demographically, Tri-County Middle reports that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest looks like 27% Hispanic. By comparison, Waushara County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Tri-County 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. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Tri-County Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Waushara County put median household income runs about $67,107, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Tri-County Middle is one of 11 public schools in Waushara County (combined enrollment of about 2,542 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tri-County Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tri-County Middle at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tri-County Middle has edged down 27%, going from 184 students in 2018 to 134 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 36% to 27% over that span.

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