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Medford Area School District is located close to the center of Wisconsin. Medford Area School District has 403.08 square miles of land area and 1.57 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Medford Area School District population is 14,425. Medford Area School District median household income is $46,656 in 2010-2014. Medford Area School District median house value is $129,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Medford Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (108 out of 376, top 29%) Elementary/Middle School: (160 out of 412, top 39%)* Rank: #145
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	14,425 (2010-2014), rank #106
Population Growth	7.51% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	35.65/sq mi, rank #281
Median Household Income:	$46,656 at 2010-2014—4.36% increase since 2005-2009, rank #306
Median House Price:	$129,200 at 2010-2014—7.40% increase since 2005-2009, rank #328
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	403.08 sq mi, rank #21
Water Area:	1.57 sq mi (0.39%), rank #183
State:	Wisconsin
County:	Marathon County, Taylor County
City:	Athens, Medford, Chelsea, Whittlesey, Westboro, Stetsonville, Rib Lake, Withee, Owen, Curtiss, Dorchester
Zip:	54411, 54451, 54490, 54480, 54470, 54498, 54460, 54422, 54425
Area:	Wausau, WI

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Medford Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

124 West State St

Medford WI, 54451, Taylor County

Phone: 715-748-4620

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,224	2,179	2,169	2,166	2,103	2,123	2,130
English Language Learner Students:	0	35	25	19	20	27	30
Total Teachers:	139.84	140.31	139.31	138.97	136.73	138.80	138.60
Prekindergarten:	5.10	5.02	5.00	5.00	6.00	4.50	3.50
Kindergarten:	7.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	6.00	7.00
Elementary:	60.74	56.57	53.00	52.59	50.46	52.40	50.40
Secondary:	66.98	70.70	73.31	73.38	72.27	75.90	77.70
Ungraded:	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Other Staff:	97.39	94.56	97.78	97.04	98.56	99.60	103.90
Instructional Aides:	25.74	23.53	23.80	22.80	22.15	22.50	23.30
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.50	2.60	2.70	3.11	2.12	2.60	3.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.75	4.75	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.90	3.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.75	2.75	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.80	1.80
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.10	2.10
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.43	3.43	3.43	3.18	4.18	4.40	4.40
Library/Media Support:	1.56	1.56	2.20	2.96	3.72	3.70	3.70
District Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	3.82	3.82	3.73	4.13	4.75	4.80	5.80
School Administrators:	4.70	5.93	5.93	5.91	5.93	5.70	6.20
School Administrative Support:	9.33	9.33	9.21	8.46	9.02	9.10	9.10
Student Support Services:	11.18	9.40	10.81	9.66	9.38	9.60	10.50
Other Support Services:	28.38	27.21	28.97	29.83	30.31	30.30	30.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.90	15.53	15.57	15.59	15.38	15.30	15.37

Schools

Medford Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	1065 West Broadway Ave, Medford WI 54451
Medford High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1015 West Broadway Ave, Medford WI 54451
Medford Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	509 East Clark St, Medford WI 54451
Rural Virtual Academy	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	509 East Clark St, Medford WI 54451
Stetsonville Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	W5338 County Rd A, Stetsonville WI 54480

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
WKCE Test
2004	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	76%	67%
2005	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	83%	69%
2006	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	82%	70%
2007	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	75%	71%
2008	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	84%	73%
2009	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	80%	73%
2010	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	78%	71%
2011	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	73%	74%
2012	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	77%	73%
2013	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	78%	76%
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81%	69%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85%	71%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	83%	70%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	73%	70%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	86%	72%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	82%	72%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	76%	73%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	76%	74%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	78%	74%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	48%	47%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	69%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	74%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	74%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	74%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	76%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	77%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73%	77%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	80%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	42%	40%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	85%	70%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	86%	70%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	84%	70%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	78%	72%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	89%	75%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	83%	74%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	82%	73%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	79%	76%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	82%	75%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	84%	73%
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	83%	73%
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	74%
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	82%	76%
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	89%	79%
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	78%
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	84%	82%
2012	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2013	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	81%	82%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	71%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	73%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	75%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	78%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	77%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	75%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	78%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	50%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	79%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	80%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	81%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	80%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	81%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	81%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	81%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	35%
2004	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	92%	78%
2005	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	87%	78%
2006	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86%	78%
2007	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	76%
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82%	77%
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81%	78%
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74%	78%
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77%	77%
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	78%
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73%	77%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	73%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71%	71%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	72%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	77%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	78%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	82%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	81%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47%	50%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	81%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	82%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	83%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	83%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	84%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36%	33%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	80%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	78%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91%	77%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	77%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79%	77%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81%	77%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	79%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81%	79%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	79%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75%	79%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	97%	90%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	96%	91%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	97%	91%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	93%	91%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	92%	92%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	94%	92%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	92%	93%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	95%	92%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	94%	93%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	89%	92%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	74%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	79%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	79%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87%	80%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	81%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64%	52%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	83%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	82%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	81%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	85%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	81%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43%	36%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78%	72%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78%	75%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	77%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	77%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	79%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85%	79%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60%	54%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	82%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	84%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87%	86%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	84%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87%	84%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95%	87%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93%	84%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	31%	35%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	73%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86%	78%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87%	80%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86%	82%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78%	80%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87%	82%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47%	49%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91%	83%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	84%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	86%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	87%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92%	87%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	87%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	86%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	23%	38%
2004	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	75%	67%
2005	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	72%	64%
2006	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	77%	65%
2007	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	68%	61%
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	71%	64%
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69%	65%
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	67%	66%
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	67%	63%
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69%	66%
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	62%	61%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71%	65%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73%	72%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87%	73%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85%	74%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82%	78%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83%	80%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82%	80%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86%	81%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58%	46%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	79%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	84%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	83%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	83%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	86%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	86%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	85%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	88%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	85%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	38%	42%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	69%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	73%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89%	73%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84%	74%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84%	76%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87%	78%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87%	82%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71%	79%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87%	82%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91%	79%
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	84%
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	83%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	94%	83%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	82%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	85%	83%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	87%	82%
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	82%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	83%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$23,694,000	$10,924		$24,084,000	$11,119		$23,862,000	$11,347
Federal:	$1,797,000	$828	7.6%	$1,817,000	$839	7.5%	$2,998,000	$1,426	12.6%
State:	$13,293,000	$6,129	56.1%	$14,451,000	$6,672	60.0%	$13,793,000	$6,559	57.8%
Local:	$8,604,000	$3,967	36.3%	$7,816,000	$3,608	32.5%	$7,071,000	$3,362	29.6%
Total Expenditures:	$23,536,000	$10,851		$25,645,000	$11,840		$23,913,000	$11,371
Total Current Expenditures:	$22,739,000	$10,484		$24,658,000	$11,384		$22,816,000	$10,849
Instructional Expenditures:	$13,574,000	$6,258	59.7%	$13,949,000	$6,440	56.6%	$13,906,000	$6,612	60.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,613,000	$1,205	11.5%	$2,588,000	$1,195	10.5%	$2,610,000	$1,241	11.4%
Administration:	$2,269,000	$1,046	10.0%	$3,998,000	$1,846	16.2%	$2,068,000	$983	9.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,283,000	$1,975	18.8%	$4,123,000	$1,904	16.7%	$4,232,000	$2,012	18.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$381,000	$176		$619,000	$286		$668,000	$318
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$163,000	$75		$162,000	$75		$139,000	$66
Interest on Debt:	$34,000	$16		$6,000	$3		$28,000	$13

Total Salary:	$11,889,000	$5,481		$11,838,000	$5,465		$11,553,000	$5,494
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,563,000	$3,948	72.0%	$8,472,000	$3,911	71.6%	$8,276,000	$3,935	71.6%
Other Salary:	$3,326,000	$1,533	28.0%	$3,366,000	$1,554	28.4%	$3,277,000	$1,558	28.4%
Total Benefit:	$5,918,000	$2,728		$6,924,000	$3,197		$6,654,000	$3,164
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,172,000	$1,923	70.5%	$4,697,000	$2,169	67.8%	$4,698,000	$2,234	70.6%
Other Benefit:	$1,746,000	$805	29.5%	$2,227,000	$1,028	32.2%	$1,956,000	$930	29.4%

* Medford Area School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.