Enrollment
238
Middle
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550075000099
Unity Middle
1908 150th St, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 · (715) 825-2101 · Polk County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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
11.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
120 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 5 | 54 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 22% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Unity Middle→Unity High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Unity School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
52.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.1% | 52.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 62.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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%.
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 Unity Middle
Unity Middle's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Middle this school | 238 | 50.4% | 58.1% |
| Bluff View Middle Prairie du Chien | 200 | 50.0% | 62.1% |
| Spooner Middle Spooner | 276 | 48.9% | 53.3% |
| Oconto Middle Oconto | 270 | 52.2% | 48.2% |
| Tomahawk Middle Tomahawk | 259 | 48.3% | 55.3% |
| Boscobel Junior High Boscobel | 158 | 50.6% | 50.9% |
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 Unity Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #158 of 323 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #212 of 327 ▼ 79 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #248 of 327 ▼ 91 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #240 of 389 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #60 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #205 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #71 of 323 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #81 of 176 | N/A |
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
238
-38 (-14%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 270
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 238 | 20.4 | 11.7:1 | 50% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 19.7 | 13.1:1 | 51% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 19.4 | 13.5:1 | 54% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 63% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 21.9 | 12.5:1 | 50% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 21 | 14.3:1 | 58% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 270 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 56% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 284 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 38% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 270 | 20 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Unity Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (274 to 238); teachers down 7% (21.9 to 20.4).
About Unity Middle
Among the schools in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, is Unity Middle, a small middle school. The school runs grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 238 students. Middle schools in Wisconsin have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Unity School District totals 915 students.
Unity Middle is 88% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Native American and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 22%.
The school has 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.7 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 50% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Polk County is 37%.
Among Wisconsin public middle schools, Unity Middle outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 46.7% for a school in Wisconsin with Unity Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Unity Middle posts 58.1%.
For the population of Polk County, the median household earns about $77,219 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Unity Middle shares Polk County with 25 other public schools.
Unity Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Unity Middle, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.6%; Unity Middle's is 58.1%, ranking 3rd of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 14% decline, from 276 to 238.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Unity Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,555
Census ACS
Median income
$77,219
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
6,126 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Unity School District
- Unity ElementaryElementary · 385 students
- Unity HighHigh · 292 students
Other schools in Balsam Lake
- Unity ElementaryElementary · 385 students
- Unity HighHigh · 292 students
Other Unity Middle schools
One other US public school is named Unity Middle. Unity Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Unity Middle SchoolMendon, IL · 200 students
Nearby schools
- Unity Elementary0.0 mi · 385
- Unity High0.0 mi · 292
- Luck High5.8 mi · 102
- Luck Middle5.8 mi · 82
- Luck Elementary5.8 mi · 174
- Saint Croix Falls Elementary9.7 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Unity MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Unity Middle?
Unity Middle enrolls approximately 238 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Unity Middle serve?
Unity Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Unity Middle?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Unity Middle.
How diverse is Unity Middle?
Unity Middle reports a student body of 88% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Unity Middle?
Unity Middle is overseen by Unity School District in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.