Onalaska Middle

Summary:

Onalaska Middle is a public middle school serving 673 students in grades 6-8 in Onalaska, Wisconsin. Part of the Onalaska School District, which is ranked 125 out of 428 districts in the state, Onalaska Middle has consistently been ranked in the top 50% of Wisconsin middle schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 172 out of 641 middle schools in the state.

Onalaska Middle stands out for its strong academic performance, consistently outperforming the state average on the Forward Exam across all grade levels and subject areas. In 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates were 62.56% in 6th grade ELA, 73.68% in 7th grade Math, and 76.23% in 8th grade Social Studies, all significantly higher than the state averages. Onalaska Middle also performs particularly well for certain student subgroups, ranking 31st out of 87 Wisconsin middle schools for Asian students, 26th out of 221 for Hispanic students, and 129th out of 425 for special education students. Additionally, the school has maintained relatively low chronic absenteeism rates and a 0.0% dropout rate for the past 5 school years.

Compared to nearby middle schools, such as Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Middle, West Salem Middle, and the schools in the La Crosse School District, Onalaska Middle consistently outperforms them in terms of test scores, student group performance, and chronic absenteeism rates. While the school's ranking has fluctuated over the years, it has maintained its 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and continues to provide a quality education for its students, who come from a relatively affluent socioeconomic background.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 707 8th Ave N
       Onalaska, WI  54650


(608) 783-5366

District: Onalaska School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
172nd of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,459 Help


Students who attend Onalaska Middle usually attend:

High:    Onalaska High

Feeder schools for Onalaska Middle:

Elementary:    Eagle Bluff Elementary
    Northern Hills Elementary
    Pertzsch Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.6 Help
Number of students:  659

Racial breakdown:

White:
71.0%
Asian:
12.9%
Two or more races:
9.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  29.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Onalaska Middle ranks better than 73.2% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 70.4. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (71%), Asian (12.9%), two or more races (9.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 29.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Onalaska Middle is 13.6. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Onalaska Middle is $12,459.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Onalaska Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Onalaska Middle 172nd of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Onalaska Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Onalaska School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Onalaska School District 125th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Onalaska Middle

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Rank History for all students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 75.37 64th 324 80.2%
2005 64.17 148th 332 55.4%
2006 72.38 94th 382 75.4%
2007 66.67 136th 366 62.8%
2008 72.98 96th 519 81.5%
2009 71.42 115th 521 77.9%
2010 71.14 121st 539 77.6%
2011 71.94 106th 549 80.7%
2012 70.61 122nd 559 78.2%
2013 71.23 124th 569 78.2%
2014 70.97 125th 585 78.6%
2015 78.41 76th 612 87.6%
2016 77.20 89th 609 85.4%
2017 76.42 92nd 612 85.0%
2018 76.45 91st 579 84.3%
2019 78.47 85th 594 85.7%
2021 51.53 305th 613 50.2%
2022 55.28 274th 617 55.6%
2023 58.39 247th 640 61.4%
2024 70.40 172nd 641 73.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.53 21st 96 78.1%
2019 56.91 37th 101 63.4%
2021 37.67 84th 129 34.9%
2022 52.43 50th 126 60.3%
2023 47.68 67th 132 49.2%
2024 48.93 67th 131 48.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.64 16th 140 88.6%
2019 77.01 11th 153 92.8%
2021 50.19 54th 138 60.9%
2022 27.09 138th 158 12.7%
2023 42.65 84th 170 50.6%
2024 87.39 8th 173 95.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.60 32nd 417 92.3%
2019 59.79 116th 414 72.0%
2021 54.35 146th 437 66.6%
2022 77.73 31st 421 92.6%
2023 66.54 82nd 439 81.3%
2024 59.88 129th 425 69.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.67 165th 489 66.3%
2019 71.23 69th 487 85.8%
2021 38.38 332nd 499 33.5%
2022 45.96 280th 522 46.4%
2023 46.76 274th 525 47.8%
2024 59.82 173rd 520 66.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.37 97th 551 82.4%
2019 79.04 73rd 557 86.9%
2021 56.64 243rd 574 57.7%
2022 55.79 257th 576 55.4%
2023 62.98 189th 579 67.4%
2024 68.15 176th 580 69.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.88 80th 551 85.5%
2019 76.67 89th 557 84.0%
2021 46.81 314th 572 45.1%
2022 55.30 252nd 577 56.3%
2023 53.53 273rd 591 53.8%
2024 72.08 144th 585 75.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.66 51st 90 43.3%
2019 48.16 42nd 91 53.8%
2021 32.03 57th 90 36.7%
2022 29.03 65th 95 31.6%
2023 37.09 52nd 90 42.2%
2024 64.22 31st 87 64.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 35.05 88th 134 34.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 66.65 50th 225 77.8%
2022 81.15 26th 221 88.2%
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Rank History for White students at Onalaska Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.61 63rd 375 83.2%
2019 75.90 55th 382 85.6%
2021 46.82 211th 393 46.3%
2022 46.67 214th 397 46.1%
2023 52.52 188th 412 54.4%
2024 58.78 164th 407 59.7%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Onalaska Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 572 1 10 2 n/a n/a n/a 0 585
1989 599 1 3 5 1 n/a n/a 0 609
1990 663 1 7 5 2 n/a n/a 0 678
1991 734 1 5 3 3 n/a n/a 0 746
1992 733 4 17 4 3 n/a n/a 0 761
1993 781 3 10 2 6 n/a n/a 0 802
1994 803 3 13 1 1 n/a n/a 0 821
1995 784 4 42 10 9 n/a n/a 0 849
1996 784 4 42 10 9 n/a n/a 0 849
1997 772 4 46 1 3 n/a n/a 0 826
1998 742 9 43 5 0 n/a n/a 0 799
1999 729 6 57 9 1 n/a n/a 0 802
2000 550 6 36 3 0 n/a n/a 0 595
2001 561 10 52 7 0 n/a n/a 0 630
2002 555 11 67 11 2 n/a n/a 0 646
2003 555 11 67 11 2 n/a n/a 0 646
2004 555 14 65 12 1 n/a n/a 0 647
2005 556 13 65 16 0 n/a n/a 0 650
2006 590 13 52 14 2 n/a n/a 0 671
2007 566 11 47 14 2 n/a n/a 0 640
2008 579 12 51 14 4 n/a n/a 0 660
2009 521 18 61 15 3 n/a n/a 0 618
2010 534 23 62 13 2 n/a n/a 0 634
2011 547 26 42 18 2 0 15 0 650
2012 553 14 48 10 4 0 18 0 647
2013 532 16 56 13 6 1 16 0 640
2014 524 15 58 13 5 1 23 0 639
2015 535 16 63 17 6 1 24 0 662
2016 545 16 72 17 6 0 33 0 689
2017 552 16 72 22 4 0 36 0 702
2018 543 12 75 27 2 2 43 0 704
2019 522 14 78 27 2 1 46 0 690
2020 498 13 108 22 4 2 45 0 692
2021 480 17 96 28 3 2 42 0 668
2022 487 14 90 29 3 2 48 0 673
2023 481 9 93 32 2 0 56 0 673
2024 468 6 85 36 2 0 62 0 659

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Onalaska Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 585 40.6 14.4 6.7
1989 609 44.5 13.6 5.9
1990 678 47.1 14.3 5.3
1991 746 51.2 14.5 5.6
1992 761 56.1 13.5 8.8
1993 802 51.6 15.5 6.1
1994 821 52.6 15.6 6.2
1995 849 53.2 16.0 9.1
1996 849 53.2 16.0 9.1
1997 826 54.7 15.1 9.8
1998 799 55.1 14.5 9.6
1999 802 54.4 14.7 14.3
2000 595 41.6 14.3 14.5
2001 630 42.6 14.8 14.9
2002 646 41.4 15.6 19.7
2003 646 41.4 15.6 19.7
2004 647 41.1 15.7 20.2
2005 650 42.5 15.3 n/a
2006 671 42.4 15.8 n/a
2007 640 40.9 15.6 18.9
2008 660 42.4 15.6 20.2
2009 618 42.2 14.6 23.1
2010 634 42.8 14.8 26.2
2011 650 43.5 14.9 29.2
2012 647 43.8 14.7 29.7
2013 640 46.3 13.8 33
2014 639 45.4 14.0 32.1
2015 662 n/a n/a 32.8
2016 689 46.0 14.9 30
2017 702 47.5 14.7 27.2
2018 704 46.6 15.0 23.6
2019 690 48.7 14.1 29.7
2020 692 48.3 14.3 28.5
2021 668 48.2 13.8 32.5
2022 673 47.9 14.0 25
2023 673 47.2 14.2 31.1
2024 659 48.2 13.6 29.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Onalaska Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 585 40.6 14.4 6.7
1989 609 44.5 13.6 5.9
1990 678 47.1 14.3 5.3
1991 746 51.2 14.5 5.6
1992 761 56.1 13.5 8.8
1993 802 51.6 15.5 6.1
1994 821 52.6 15.6 6.2
1995 849 53.2 16.0 9.1
1996 849 53.2 16.0 9.1
1997 826 54.7 15.1 9.8
1998 799 55.1 14.5 9.6
1999 802 54.4 14.7 14.3
2000 595 41.6 14.3 14.5
2001 630 42.6 14.8 14.9
2002 646 41.4 15.6 19.7
2003 646 41.4 15.6 19.7
2004 647 41.1 15.7 20.2
2005 650 42.5 15.3 n/a
2006 671 42.4 15.8 n/a
2007 640 40.9 15.6 18.9
2008 660 42.4 15.6 20.2
2009 618 42.2 14.6 23.1
2010 634 42.8 14.8 26.2
2011 650 43.5 14.9 29.2
2012 647 43.8 14.7 29.7
2013 640 46.3 13.8 33
2014 639 45.4 14.0 32.1
2015 662 n/a n/a 32.8
2016 689 46.0 14.9 30
2017 702 47.5 14.7 27.2
2018 704 46.6 15.0 23.6
2019 690 48.7 14.1 29.7
2020 692 48.3 14.3 28.5
2021 668 48.2 13.8 32.5
2022 673 47.9 14.0 25
2023 673 47.2 14.2 31.1
2024 659 48.2 13.6 29.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Onalaska Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $138 (1.2%) $11,308 (98.8%) $11,446
2020 $126 (1.1%) $11,366 (98.9%) $11,492
2021 $143 (1.1%) $12,316 (98.9%) $12,459

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Onalaska Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 85th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 247th of 640 Middle schools
 24.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Onalaska Middle)47.944.6
 3.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Onalaska School District)47.944.6
 3.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Onalaska Middle)56.555.9
 0.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Onalaska School District)56.555.9
 0.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Onalaska Middle)62.637.4
 25.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Onalaska School District)62.637.4
 25.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Onalaska Middle)57.933.3
 24.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Onalaska School District)57.933.3
 24.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Onalaska Middle)50.939.3
 11.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Onalaska School District)50.939.3
 11.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Onalaska Middle)54.527.4
 27.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Onalaska School District)54.527.4
 27.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Onalaska Middle)67.367
 0.3%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Onalaska School District)67.367
 0.3%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Onalaska Middle)6555.7
 9.4%
   8th Grade Science (Onalaska School District)6555.7
 9.4%
   8th Grade Science (Wisconsin)54.649.4
 5.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students690673
 2.5%
African American149
 35.7%
American Indian22
Asian7893
 19.2%
Hispanic2732
 18.5%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White522481
 7.9%
Two or More Races4656
 21.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients29.7%31.1%
 1.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Onalaska Middle

In the 2023-24 school year, 659 students attended Onalaska Middle.

Onalaska Middle ranks 172nd of 641 Wisconsin middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Onalaska Middle usually go on to attend Onalaska High

Students at Onalaska Middle are 71% White, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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