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Which teacher or staff member at Lake Country Academy - Charter deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEBOYGAN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551365002733
Lake Country Academy - Charter
4101 Technology Pkwy, Sheboygan, WI 53083 · (920) 208-3020 · Sheboygan County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
168 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
57.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 61.1% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lake Country Academy - Charter
Lake Country Academy - Charter's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Country Academy - Charter this school | 447 | 37.6% | 60.6% |
| Ruth Harman Academy Kenosha | 427 | 37.0% | 52.3% |
| Bay View Montessori School Milwaukee | 449 | 36.5% | 58.1% |
| Pleasant Prairie Elementary Pleasant Prairie | 542 | 35.6% | 60.5% |
| Northside Elementary Sun Prairie | 439 | 40.5% | 44.1% |
| Edgewood Elementary Oak Creek | 389 | 41.6% | 61.1% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lake Country Academy - Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Sheboygan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #403 of 982 | #10 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #441 of 992 ▼ 30 | #13 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #360 of 992 ▼ 66 | #9 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #247 of 1,157 | #5 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #628 of 901 | #19 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #233 of 901 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #614 of 1,064 | #15 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #161 of 240 | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
447
+28 (+7%) vs 2020
+94% since 2010-11, when it was 230
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 447 | 31.2 | 14.3:1 | 38% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 34.5 | 13.3:1 | 30% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 34.5 | 12.6:1 | 27% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 27% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 28.8 | 14.9:1 | 16% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 16% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 14 | 16.4:1 | 16% (36) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Country Academy - Charter.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (429 to 447); teachers up 8% (28.8 to 31.2).
About Lake Country Academy - Charter
Lake Country Academy - Charter sits in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and is classified as an elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 447 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 38% larger than that mark.
Sheboygan Area School District is responsible for 26 schools, Lake Country Academy - Charter included, with 9,285 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Lake Country Academy - Charter is 58% White. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The school's White share is 25 points below the 83% share among Sheboygan County residents. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Lake Country Academy - Charter are from different groups.
Lake Country Academy - Charter has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1, with 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is close to this figure. The school has 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Lake Country Academy - Charter lands at B, ahead of 59% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lake Country Academy - Charter lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.6%; the prediction is 54.6%.
The school is in Sheboygan County, where the median household earns about $73,094 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Sheboygan County, 52 public schools serve about 17,340 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Lake Country Academy - Charter from the closest public school, Lincoln-Erdman Elementary. The five-mile area around Lake Country Academy - Charter holds at least 8 other public schools. Lake Country Academy - Charter's average proficiency of 60.6% compares with 46.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Lake Country Academy - Charter has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small. Lake Country Academy - Charter operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 419 to 447, a 7% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 12.3:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Lake Country Academy - Charter community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Sheboygan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,991
Census ACS
Median income
$73,094
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
17,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheboygan Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other schools in Sheboygan
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln-Erdman Elementary0.6 mi · 394
- Etude Elementary1.5 mi · 190
- Pigeon River Elementary1.5 mi · 254
- Cooper Elementary2.2 mi · 256
- Urban Middle2.5 mi · 568
- North High2.5 mi · 1,482
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Country Academy - CharterWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Country Academy - Charter?
Lake Country Academy - Charter enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Lake Country Academy - Charter serve?
Lake Country Academy - Charter serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lake Country Academy - Charter?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Lake Country Academy - Charter.
How diverse is Lake Country Academy - Charter?
Lake Country Academy - Charter reports a student body of 58% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Lake Country Academy - Charter public or private?
Lake Country Academy - Charter is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Sheboygan Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.