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Rock Ledge Elementary
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Rock Ledge Elementary
Rock Ledge Elementary, a roomy elementary-level community in Seymour, Wisconsin, run under Seymour Community School District, serves 553 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 71% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.
Within Seymour Community School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,772 students, Rock Ledge Elementary is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Rock Ledge Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest reads as 11% Native American, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Outagamie County's rate of about 32%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rock Ledge Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 47.9%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Outagamie County put median household income runs about $85,069, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Outagamie County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students), of which Rock Ledge Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Seymour Middle, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rock Ledge Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.5%.
Rock Ledge Elementary operates from a rural location.
Five-year trend. Rock Ledge Elementary's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 691 (now 553). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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