Little Chute Career Pathways Academy

Little Chute Career Pathways Academy operates as a rural-scale high school in Little Chute, Wisconsin, part of Little Chute Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 93 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 80% leaner than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Little Chute Area School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,586 students; Little Chute Career Pathways Academy is among them.

Looking at the student body, Little Chute Career Pathways Academy records that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Little Chute Career Pathways Academy records 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Little Chute Career Pathways Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Outagamie County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Little Chute Career Pathways Academy ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 65.1%; Little Chute Career Pathways Academy posts 82.0%, +16.9 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Outagamie County) shows that median household earnings sit near $85,069, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Outagamie County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students), Little Chute Career Pathways Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Little Chute High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Little Chute Career Pathways Academy comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 62.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site. Little Chute Career Pathways Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Little Chute Career Pathways Academy has shrank 38%, going from 151 students in 2018 to 93 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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