Fox River Middle

Fox River Middle operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Waterford, Wisconsin, operated by Waterford Graded J1 School District. Current enrollment sits at 510 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Fox River Middle sits 34% above that benchmark.

Waterford Graded J1 School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,473 students; Fox River Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Fox River Middle records that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Fox River Middle lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 18% of students at Fox River Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Racine County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fox River Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.2%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Racine County shows median household earnings sit near $78,096, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Racine County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students), Fox River Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Evergreen Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Fox River Middle. On composite proficiency, Fox River Middle comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 66.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fox River Middle has climbed 40%, going from 364 students in 2018 to 510 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 92% to 88% over that span.

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