New Directions Learning Community

New Directions Learning Community operates as a small elementary school in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Kaukauna Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 270 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Within Kaukauna Area School District, which oversees 7 schools and 4,044 students, New Directions Learning Community is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Directions Learning Community records that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, New Directions Learning Community has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting New Directions Learning Community higher than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Outagamie County's rate of about 32%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Directions Learning Community is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 67.0%; this one delivers 85.2%, a residual of +18.3 points.

In the area at large, Outagamie County reports that median household income runs about $85,069, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Outagamie County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students), of which New Directions Learning Community is one.

Quinney Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Directions Learning Community. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Directions Learning Community ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. New Directions Learning Community is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 13%: 239 students in 2018 compared to 270 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the New Directions Learning Community community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.