Grow Academy

Grow Academy, a very small senior high in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, part of Wisconsin Department of Corrections, serves 5 students, covering grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Grow Academy sits 99% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Wisconsin Department of Corrections (159 students total), Grow Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Grow Academy shows that 100% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Grow Academy has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average.

In the broader community, Dane County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Grow Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oregon High, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grow Academy.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 150%: 2 students in 2018 compared to 5 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 100% to 0% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 2.0:1 in 2018 to 5.0:1 in 2025.

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