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Enrollment
750
Middle
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCONOMOWOC AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551089002795
Nature Hill Intermediate
850 Lake Dr, Oconomowoc, WI 53066 · (262) 569-4945 · Waukesha County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL750 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
125 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 182 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 188 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 200 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 24% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Nature Hill Intermediate→Oconomowoc High
Based on grade levels within Oconomowoc Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
74.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.7% | 74.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.9% | 73.4% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Nature Hill Intermediate
Nature Hill Intermediate's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature Hill Intermediate this school | 750 | 16.7% | 65.5% |
| Slinger Middle Slinger | 740 | 17.0% | 76.5% |
| Meyer Middle River Falls | 725 | 18.1% | 69.7% |
| Gerritts Middle Kimberly | 802 | 17.2% | 71.6% |
| Park View Middle Mukwonago | 721 | 13.2% | 73.9% |
| Silver Lake Intermediate Oconomowoc | 633 | 18.8% | 75.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle 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 Nature Hill Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #93 of 323 | #13 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #48 of 327 ▲ 2 | #13 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #85 of 327 ▲ 23 | #14 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 750 | #44 of 389 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #143 of 265 | #4 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.4% | #234 of 265 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #289 of 323 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #75 of 176 | #4 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
750
-83 (-10%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 751
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 750 | 56.6 | 13.3:1 | 17% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 62.9 | 12.1:1 | 18% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 773 | 56.1 | 13.8:1 | 18% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 833 | 62 | 13.4:1 | 21% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 871 | 57.4 | 15.2:1 | 11% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 53 | 15.4:1 | 16% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 751 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 19% (139) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nature Hill Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (871 to 750); teachers down 1% (57.4 to 56.6).
About Nature Hill Intermediate
Nature Hill Intermediate is a large middle-grades school in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, (ZIP code 53066). Students in grades 5 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 750 students. By comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin enroll about 381 students on average.
Oconomowoc Area School District, which runs Nature Hill Intermediate, has 8 schools and 4,928 students.
The share of White students at Nature Hill Intermediate is 90%. Other groups include 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Waukesha County overall, the White share is about 87%. The diversity index for Nature Hill Intermediate is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.3 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 12.8:1. Nature Hill Intermediate has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 17%. That is in line with the 17% average for public schools in Waukesha County.
Nature Hill Intermediate earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Nature Hill Intermediate is -1.9 points: 65.5% actual, 67.4% predicted.
In Waukesha County, the median household earns about $106,076 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Waukesha County has 113 public schools with about 60,032 students, including Nature Hill Intermediate.
Meadow View Elementary is the nearest public school to Nature Hill Intermediate, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Nature Hill Intermediate, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Nature Hill Intermediate is behind the 73.3% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
Nature Hill Intermediate is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The school shrank from 833 students in 2020-21 to 750 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Nature Hill Intermediate can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oconomowoc Area School District
- Oconomowoc HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Silver Lake IntermediateMiddle · 633 students
- Meadow View ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- Summit ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Park Lawn ElementaryElementary · 383 students
- Greenland ElementaryElementary · 263 students
Other schools in Oconomowoc
- Oconomowoc HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Silver Lake IntermediateMiddle · 633 students
- Lake Country Classical Academy IncCombined · 562 students
- Meadow View ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- Summit ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Park Lawn ElementaryElementary · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Meadow View Elementary0.9 mi · 548
- Greenland Elementary1.0 mi · 263
- Lake Country Classical Academy Inc1.8 mi · 562
- Park Lawn Elementary2.0 mi · 383
- Oconomowoc High2.2 mi · 1,591
- Silver Lake Intermediate3.4 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Nature Hill IntermediateHow large is Nature Hill Intermediate?
Nature Hill Intermediate enrolls approximately 750 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Nature Hill Intermediate serve?
Nature Hill Intermediate serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Nature Hill Intermediate?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Nature Hill Intermediate.
How diverse is Nature Hill Intermediate?
Nature Hill Intermediate reports a student body of 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Nature Hill Intermediate in?
Nature Hill Intermediate is part of Oconomowoc Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.