Maple Dale School

Set in Fox Point, Wisconsin, Maple Dale School is an intimate middle-grades school, overseen by Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District. It teaches 224 students across grades 4 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 41% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District (447 students total), Maple Dale School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Maple Dale School reports that White students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder consists of 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Maple Dale School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 1% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Maple Dale School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.8%; this one delivers 77.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household income runs about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Maple Dale School is one campus in the mix.

Indian Hill School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Maple Dale School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 61.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Maple Dale School's enrollment has shrank 27% since 2018, when it stood at 308 (now 224). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 17% to 8% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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