Rock River Intermediate

Located at 451 E Spring St, in Waupun, Wisconsin, Rock River Intermediate is an expansive K-5 school that works with 585 students (grades 2 through 6), overseen by Waupun School District. Enrollment runs roughly 81% above the state mean of about 323.

Waupun School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,166 students. Rock River Intermediate is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rock River Intermediate lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Fond du Lac County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Rock River Intermediate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Fond du Lac County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,275, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Fond du Lac County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,230 students), Rock River Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

DOC: Waupun Correctional Institution is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rock River Intermediate ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Rock River Intermediate's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 616 (now 585). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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