Koshkonong Trails School

Located at 37 Oakland Rd, in Cambridge, Wisconsin, Koshkonong Trails School is a rural-scale high school that educates 28 students (grades 7 through 12), overseen by Cambridge School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Koshkonong Trails School sits 94% below that benchmark.

Within Cambridge School District, which oversees 4 schools and 907 students, Koshkonong Trails School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Koshkonong Trails School reports that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Koshkonong Trails School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dane County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Koshkonong Trails School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 66.7%; this one delivers 80.6%, a residual of +13.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dane County put median household earnings sit near $89,975, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Koshkonong Trails School is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

Nikolay Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Koshkonong Trails School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 56.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site. As a public charter, Koshkonong Trails School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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