Haen Elementary

Haen Elementary, a moderately sized K-5 school in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, overseen by Kaukauna Area School District, hosts 323 students, covering grades 1 through 4.

Kaukauna Area School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,044 students. Haen Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Haen Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Outagamie County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Outagamie County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Haen Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.1%; actual is 60.7%, +14.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Outagamie County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,069 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Haen Elementary is one of 73 public schools in Outagamie County (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students).

Nearest neighbor: Park Community Charter School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Haen Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Haen Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 65.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Haen Elementary has expanded 25%, going from 258 students in 2018 to 323 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 86% to 70%.

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