Wonewoc-Center Junior High
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wonewoc-Center Junior High
Wonewoc-Center Junior High is a tiny middle school in Wonewoc, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Wonewoc-Union Center School District. The school serves 68 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 82% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.
Within Wonewoc-Union Center School District, which oversees 4 schools and 362 students, Wonewoc-Center Junior High is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Wonewoc-Center Junior High reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 6% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Juneau County (around 41%), the school's rate is north of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Wonewoc-Center Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.5%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of +7.0 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Juneau County indicate median household income runs about $67,270, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wonewoc-Center Junior High is one of 24 public schools in Juneau County (combined enrollment of about 3,471 students).
Nearest neighbor: Wonewoc-Center Virtual Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Wonewoc-Center Junior High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wonewoc-Center Junior High at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.0%.
Wonewoc-Center Junior High operates from a rural location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 78 students in 2018 compared to 68 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.
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