Silver Lake Intermediate

Located at 555 Oconomowoc Pkwy, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Silver Lake Intermediate is a well-populated 6-8 campus that enrolls 633 students (grades 5 through 8), part of Oconomowoc Area School District. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 66% bigger than typical.

Silver Lake Intermediate is one of 8 schools operated by Oconomowoc Area School District, a district that instructs 4,928 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Silver Lake Intermediate shows that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Waukesha County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Silver Lake Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.1%; this one delivers 75.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Waukesha County shows median household earnings sit near $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Silver Lake Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oconomowoc High, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Silver Lake Intermediate. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Silver Lake Intermediate at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 67.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Silver Lake Intermediate has ticked down 9%, going from 695 students in 2018 to 633 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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