Enrollment
253
Middle
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIROQUA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551536001977
Viroqua Middle
100 Blackhawk Dr, Viroqua, WI 54665 · (608) 637-3171 · Vernon County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
96 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Viroqua Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 have held steady.
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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
253
-51 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.9:1
% White
92%
was 92%
% Hispanic
0%
was 1%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Viroqua Middle
Viroqua Middle is one of the cozy intermediate schools in Viroqua, Wisconsin, run under Viroqua Area School District, with 253 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 34% below the state mean of about 381.
Viroqua Middle is one of 6 schools operated by Viroqua Area School District, a district that enrolls 1,038 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Viroqua Middle records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Vernon County as a whole.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Viroqua Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.3%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Vernon County put median household earnings sit near $71,893, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Viroqua Middle is one of 23 public schools in Vernon County (combined enrollment of about 3,669 students).
Viroqua High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Viroqua Middle. On composite proficiency, Viroqua Middle comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Viroqua Middle has shrank 17%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 253 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.
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Vernon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,049
Census ACS
Median income
$71,893
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
3,669 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Viroqua Area School District
- Viroqua HighHigh · 301 students
- Viroqua ElementaryElementary · 276 students
- Viroqua Area Montessori SchoolElementary · 147 students
- Laurel HighHigh · 43 students
- Vernon County Area Better Futures HighHigh · 18 students
Other schools in Viroqua
- Viroqua HighHigh · 301 students
- Viroqua ElementaryElementary · 276 students
- Viroqua Area Montessori SchoolElementary · 147 students
- Laurel HighHigh · 43 students
- Vernon County Area Better Futures HighHigh · 18 students
Nearby schools
- Viroqua High0.0 mi · 301
- Laurel High0.0 mi · 43
- Vernon County Area Better Futures High0.0 mi · 18
- Viroqua Elementary0.2 mi · 276
- Viroqua Area Montessori School0.2 mi · 147
- Westby Elementary6.4 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Viroqua MiddleHow large is Viroqua Middle?
Viroqua Middle enrolls approximately 253 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Viroqua Middle serve?
Viroqua Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Viroqua Middle?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Viroqua Middle.
What is the student diversity at Viroqua Middle?
Student demographics at Viroqua Middle are roughly 92% White, 2% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Viroqua Middle?
Viroqua Middle is overseen by Viroqua Area School District in Vernon County.
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