Gegan Elementary

Gegan Elementary operates as a close-knit elementary campus in Menasha, Wisconsin, operated by Menasha Joint School District. Current enrollment sits at 258 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 20% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Menasha Joint School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,273 students. Gegan Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gegan Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 17% Black, 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Gegan Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at Gegan Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Winnebago County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gegan Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.4%; this one delivers 39.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Winnebago County shows median household income runs about $74,925, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Winnebago County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,271 students), Gegan Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Clovis Grove Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gegan Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gegan Elementary has decreased 18%, going from 315 students in 2018 to 258 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 9% to 17%.

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