Kickapoo Valley Forest School

Kickapoo Valley Forest School, a rural-scale elementary campus in La Farge, Wisconsin, operated by La Farge School District, instructs 66 students, covering grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Kickapoo Valley Forest School sits 80% below that benchmark.

La Farge School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 262 students. Kickapoo Valley Forest School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Kickapoo Valley Forest School shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder looks like 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Kickapoo Valley Forest School higher than the state norm the norm. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, Vernon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,893 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Kickapoo Valley Forest School is one of 23 public schools in Vernon County (combined enrollment of about 3,669 students).

Nearest neighbor: La Farge High, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Kickapoo Valley Forest School.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. Kickapoo Valley Forest School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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