Bessie Allen Middle

Bessie Allen Middle operates as a reasonably sized intermediate school in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, part of North Fond du Lac School District. Current enrollment sits at 339 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

North Fond du Lac School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,571 students. Bessie Allen Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Bessie Allen Middle lists that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest looks like 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Bessie Allen Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.8%, the actual is 39.9%, a residual of -7.9 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fond du Lac County put median household income runs about $74,275, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Fond du Lac County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,230 students), Bessie Allen Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Exploration Charter High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bessie Allen Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bessie Allen Middle at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Bessie Allen Middle's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 315 (now 339). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 77% to 65%.

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