Garden Prairie Intermediate School

Garden Prairie Intermediate School, a substantial primary school in Beloit, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Beloit Turner School District, works with 491 students, covering grades 2 through 5. That puts it 52% larger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Across the 4 schools in Beloit Turner School District (1,662 students total), Garden Prairie Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Garden Prairie Intermediate School records that White students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Rock County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Garden Prairie Intermediate School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Garden Prairie Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Rock County's rate of about 47%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Garden Prairie Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Rock County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,673 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Rock County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students), of which Garden Prairie Intermediate School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Turner High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Garden Prairie Intermediate School. On composite proficiency, Garden Prairie Intermediate School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

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