Exploration Charter High School

As a minimally staffed secondary school in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Exploration Charter High School teaches 23 students from grades 9 through 11, operated by North Fond du Lac School District. That puts it 95% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

North Fond du Lac School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,571 students; Exploration Charter High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Exploration Charter High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Fond du Lac County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Exploration Charter High School has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fond du Lac County put median household earnings sit near $74,275, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fond du Lac County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,230 students), of which Exploration Charter High School is one.

The closest other public school is Horace Mann High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. Exploration Charter High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Exploration Charter High School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.