Fond du Lac STEM Academy

As a micro-enrollment senior high in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac STEM Academy serves 162 students from grades 6 through 12, operated by Fond du Lac School District. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 475.

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

On the student-mix side, Fond du Lac STEM Academy shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Fond du Lac STEM Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Fond du Lac STEM Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fond du Lac County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fond du Lac STEM Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 58.8%, a residual of +12.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Fond du Lac County indicate median household income runs about $74,275, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 STEM Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Riverside Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fond du Lac STEM Academy comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Fond du Lac STEM Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 45%: 112 students in 2018 compared to 162 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 89% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Fond du Lac STEM Academy typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.