Nature Hill Intermediate

Nature Hill Intermediate operates as a sprawling intermediate school in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, run under Oconomowoc Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 750 students spanning grades 5 through 8. That puts it 97% above the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Oconomowoc Area School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,928 students. Nature Hill Intermediate is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Nature Hill Intermediate logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest consists of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Waukesha County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Nature Hill Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.4%; this one delivers 65.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Waukesha County put median household earnings sit near $106,076, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Waukesha County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), of which Nature Hill Intermediate is one.

The closest other public school is Meadow View Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Nature Hill Intermediate comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 73.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Nature Hill Intermediate's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 871 (now 750). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.