Oakfield Elementary

Oakfield Elementary is one of the tight-knit primary schools in Oakfield, Wisconsin, operated by Oakfield School District, with 254 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 323.

Oakfield School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 551 students; Oakfield Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oakfield Elementary lists that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Oakfield Elementary lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fond du Lac County (around 41%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oakfield Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.7%; this one delivers 74.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Fond du Lac County shows median household income runs about $74,275, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Oakfield Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Fond du Lac County (combined enrollment of about 13,230 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oakfield Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Oakfield Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oakfield Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 54.9%.

Oakfield Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 271 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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