LEAP Elementary

LEAP Elementary, a rural-scale elementary-level community in Watertown, Wisconsin, operated by Watertown Unified School District, hosts 60 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 81% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Within Watertown Unified School District, which oversees 10 schools and 3,076 students, LEAP Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LEAP Elementary shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, Dodge County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LEAP Elementary has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting LEAP Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, LEAP Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 68.7%, a residual of +12.5 points.

In the area at large, Dodge County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,929, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Dodge County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,450 students), LEAP Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Riverside Middle, around 4.4 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LEAP Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEAP Elementary has ticked down 5%, going from 63 students in 2018 to 60 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 89% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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