Random Lake Middle

Random Lake Middle is an intermediate school of minimally staffed scale in Random Lake, Wisconsin, run under Random Lake School District, educateing 144 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 62% below the state mean of about 381.

Random Lake Middle is one of 3 schools operated by Random Lake School District, a district that teaches 648 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Random Lake Middle shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Sheboygan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Random Lake Middle has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sheboygan County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Random Lake Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.2%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Sheboygan County put median household income runs about $73,094, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sheboygan County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,340 students), Random Lake Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Random Lake Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Random Lake Middle at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Random Lake Middle's enrollment has ticked down 40% since 2018, when it stood at 239 (now 144). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 91% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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