Fond du Lac High

Fond du Lac High is a substantial secondary school in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Fond du Lac School District. The school caters to 1,917 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 304% bigger than the state mean of about 475.

Across the 15 schools in Fond du Lac School District (6,457 students total), Fond du Lac High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Fond du Lac High records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest consists of 20% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 116 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at Fond du Lac High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Fond du Lac High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 51.4%; this one comes in at 34.0%, -17.5 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fond du Lac County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,275 per year, 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 Fond du Lac High is one.

Lakeshore Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fond du Lac High at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

Fond du Lac High operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fond du Lac High's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 2,060 (now 1,917). The White share of enrollment decreased from 78% to 61% over that span.

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