Rosenow Elementary

Located at 290 Weis Ave, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Rosenow Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school that enrolls 351 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Fond du Lac School District.

Fond du Lac School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 6,457 students; Rosenow Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rosenow Elementary records that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Fond du Lac County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Rosenow Elementary records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Fond du Lac County's rate of about 41%.

With demographic context factored in, Rosenow Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.2%, the actual is 56.0%, a residual of +9.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Fond du Lac County put median household income runs about $74,275, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Rosenow Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fond du Lac High, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rosenow Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

Rosenow Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Rosenow Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.