Barlow Park Elementary School

Set in Ripon, Wisconsin, Barlow Park Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school, run under Ripon Area School District. It caters to 398 students across grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 23% larger than typical.

Barlow Park Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Ripon Area School District, a district that educates 1,862 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Barlow Park Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fond du Lac County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,275, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Barlow Park Elementary School is one of 42 public schools in Fond du Lac County (combined enrollment of about 13,230 students).

Barlow Park Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Barlow Park Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Barlow Park Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 204% since 2018, when it stood at 131 (now 398). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 87% to 78%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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