Wauzeka Middle

Wauzeka Middle is a middle-grades school of rural-scale scale in Wauzeka, Wisconsin, part of Wauzeka-Steuben School District, caters to 53 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Wauzeka Middle sits 86% below that benchmark.

Wauzeka-Steuben School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 248 students. Wauzeka Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Wauzeka Middle reports that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wauzeka Middle has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Wauzeka Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Crawford County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,094 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Crawford County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,827 students), of which Wauzeka Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Wauzeka High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Wauzeka Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wauzeka Middle at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Wauzeka Middle's enrollment has shrank 31% since 2018, when it stood at 77 (now 53).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.