Enrollment
53
Middle
DISTRICT 83 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUZEKA-STEUBEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551602002738
Wauzeka Middle
301 E Main St, Wauzeka, WI 53826 · (608) 875-5311 · Crawford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL53 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- A-Beats 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
9.8:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
26 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 6 | 17 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 36% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Wauzeka Middle→Wauzeka High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wauzeka-Steuben School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
61.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 56.5% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Wauzeka Middle
Wauzeka Middle's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauzeka Middle this school | 53 | 49.1% | 56.1% |
| Seneca Junior High Seneca | 54 | 51.9% | 64.7% |
| Florence Middle Florence | 56 | 46.4% | 57.1% |
| Ithaca Middle Richland Center | 69 | 43.5% | 45.0% |
| Wausaukee Middle Wausaukee | 94 | 45.7% | 41.6% |
| Royall Intermediate Elroy | 99 | 50.5% | 50.3% |
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 Wauzeka Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 53 | #369 of 389 |
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
53
-1 (-2%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 66
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 53 | 5.4 | 9.8:1 | 49% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 39 | 5.9 | 6.6:1 | 54% (21) |
| 2022-23 | 61 | 5.9 | 10.3:1 | 52% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 54 | 5 | 10.8:1 | 65% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 77 | 7.2 | 10.7:1 | 47% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 81 | 5 | 16.2:1 | 52% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 66 | 4 | 16.5:1 | 58% (38) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wauzeka Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (77 to 53); teachers down 25% (7.2 to 5.4).
About Wauzeka Middle
Wauzeka Middle, located in Wauzeka, Wisconsin, is a small middle school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 53 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 381-student average for middle schools in Wisconsin, enrollment here is 86% lower.
Wauzeka-Steuben School District has a total of 3 schools and 248 students, Wauzeka Middle among them.
The student body at Wauzeka Middle is 98% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 4% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Wauzeka Middle is 5.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 9.8:1. That is 3.0 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Around 49% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Crawford County average 51%.
Wauzeka Middle is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Wauzeka Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (56.1%) and its predicted rate (47.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
Across Crawford County, the median household income is $64,094, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Crawford County has 14 public schools and roughly 1,827 students.
Wauzeka High is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Wauzeka Middle, there are 2 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Wauzeka Middle is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 54 in 2020-21, 53 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 9.8 students per teacher, compared with 10.8 in 2020-21.
The Wauzeka Middle community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,042
Census ACS
Median income
$64,094
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
1,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wauzeka-Steuben School District
- Wauzeka ElementaryElementary · 112 students
- Wauzeka HighHigh · 83 students
Other schools in Wauzeka
- Wauzeka ElementaryElementary · 112 students
- Wauzeka HighHigh · 83 students
Nearby schools
- Wauzeka High0.0 mi · 83
- Wauzeka Elementary0.0 mi · 112
- Boscobel High9.6 mi · 182
- Boscobel Junior High9.6 mi · 158
- Boscobel Elementary9.6 mi · 311
- River Ridge High10.4 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About Wauzeka MiddleHow large is Wauzeka Middle?
Wauzeka Middle enrolls approximately 53 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wauzeka Middle serve?
Wauzeka Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Wauzeka Middle have?
Wauzeka Middle employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wauzeka Middle?
At Wauzeka Middle, the student body is approximately 98% White, 2% Two or more.
Is Wauzeka Middle public or private?
Wauzeka Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wauzeka-Steuben School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.