Middle · Wisconsin

Innovations STEM Academy

Charter

Innovations STEM Academy, a public middle school in Sparta, Wisconsin: grades 6–8, 90 students, 16.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Sparta Area School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
90
Teachers (FTE)
5.4
Students per teacher
16.8
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 96% of middle schools in Wisconsin

Median 12.8 · 382 schools compared

More students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 88% of middle schools in Wisconsin

Median 330 · 384 schools compared

Smaller than 95% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Wisconsin's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Wisconsin: 53%

52%proficient

A lower share proficient than 59% of middle schools in Wisconsin

Median 55% · 384 middle schools compared

86 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Forward; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Wisconsin: 54%

56%proficient

A lower share proficient than 54% of middle schools in Wisconsin

Median 58% · 384 middle schools compared

86 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Forward; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Distant town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Sparta Area School District.

Location

Address
1225 N Water St, Sparta, WI 54656
Phone
(608)366-3497
City or town
Sparta

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
5–868710.740%39%
5–853412.767%73%
6–866314.146%42%
6–862013.059%63%
5–827212.858%60%
6–886812.068%74%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 551416003001