Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KAUKAUNA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550729002878
New Directions Learning Community
2601 Sullivan Ave, Kaukauna, WI 54130 · (920) 766-6116 · Outagamie County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
47 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 7% larger than its 4th grade class (43).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Based on grade levels within Kaukauna Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
85.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
80.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.2% | 80.7% |
| 2023-24 | 85.4% | 86.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 New Directions Learning Community
New Directions Learning Community's state test result (85.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Directions Learning Community this school | 270 | 17.4% | 85.2% |
| Ixonia Elementary Ixonia | 256 | 17.2% | 70.0% |
| Magee Elementary Genesee Depot | 255 | 15.7% | 75.7% |
| Greenland Elementary Oconomowoc | 263 | 20.5% | 77.0% |
| Lakeview Elementary Wind Lake | 290 | 15.5% | 79.0% |
| Lannoye Elementary Green Bay | 288 | 17.4% | 70.8% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary 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 New Directions Learning Community ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Outagamie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #6 of 982 | #1 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #53 of 992 ▼ 39 | #3 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #8 of 992 ▼ 1 | #1 of 31 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #711 of 1,157 | #24 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #772 of 901 | #27 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.6% | #813 of 901 | #29 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.4% | #922 of 1,064 | #30 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.0% | #79 of 240 | #3 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
270
+37 (+16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 270 | 16.8 | 16.1:1 | 17% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 15.4 | 16.9:1 | 16% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 15.9 | 16.2:1 | 18% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | 14 | 16.6:1 | 16% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 14.4 | 16.6:1 | 15% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 240 | 12 | 20.0:1 | 12% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Directions Learning Community.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (239 to 270); teachers up 17% (14.4 to 16.8).
About New Directions Learning Community
New Directions Learning Community sits in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, and is classified as an elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 4 and reported 270 students in 2024-25.
Kaukauna Area School District has 4,044 students in 7 schools, and New Directions Learning Community is one of those schools.
The share of students at New Directions Learning Community who are White is 91%. Enrollment also includes 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 17, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 16.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is lower. Roughly 17% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 32% for public schools in Outagamie County.
New Directions Learning Community earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
New Directions Learning Community is in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 67.0%. The school's actual rate is 85.2%, 18.3 points higher.
For the population of Outagamie County, the median household earns about $85,069 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Outagamie County, 73 public schools serve about 31,330 students.
Quinney Elementary sits less than a tenth of a mile from New Directions Learning Community. New Directions Learning Community has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 85.2% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
New Directions Learning Community has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size. NCES lists New Directions Learning Community as a charter school.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 16%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at New Directions Learning Community. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Outagamie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,826
Census ACS
Median income
$85,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
31,330 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kaukauna Area School District
- Kaukauna HighHigh · 1,210 students
- River View SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Dr H B Tanner ElementaryElementary · 466 students
- Quinney ElementaryElementary · 359 students
- Haen ElementaryElementary · 323 students
- Park Community Charter SchoolElementary · 256 students
Other schools in Kaukauna
- Kaukauna HighHigh · 1,210 students
- River View SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Dr H B Tanner ElementaryElementary · 466 students
- Quinney ElementaryElementary · 359 students
- Haen ElementaryElementary · 323 students
- Park Community Charter SchoolElementary · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Quinney Elementary0.0 mi · 359
- Dr H B Tanner Elementary0.2 mi · 466
- Kaukauna High1.2 mi · 1,210
- Janssen Elementary1.5 mi · 339
- River View School1.5 mi · 1,160
- Park Community Charter School1.9 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About New Directions Learning CommunityWhat is the total enrollment at New Directions Learning Community?
New Directions Learning Community enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does New Directions Learning Community serve?
New Directions Learning Community serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at New Directions Learning Community?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at New Directions Learning Community.
How diverse is New Directions Learning Community?
New Directions Learning Community reports a student body of 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees New Directions Learning Community?
New Directions Learning Community is overseen by Kaukauna Area School District in Outagamie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.