Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary

Set in Fountain City, Wisconsin, Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary campus, one of the schools within Cochrane-Fountain City School District. It works with 271 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Cochrane-Fountain City School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 515 students. Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 36% of students at Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.6%.

In the broader community, Buffalo County reports that median household income runs about $70,479, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Buffalo County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,850 students), of which Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Cochrane-Fountain City High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 345 students in 2018 compared to 271 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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