Sugar Bush Elementary

Sugar Bush Elementary is one of the rural-scale primary schools in New London, Wisconsin, overseen by New London School District, with 119 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 63% smaller than typical.

Across the 7 schools in New London School District (2,019 students total), Sugar Bush Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Sugar Bush Elementary records that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sugar Bush Elementary has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Outagamie County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Sugar Bush Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 45.4%, a residual of -3.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Outagamie County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $85,069 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Outagamie County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students), of which Sugar Bush Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary, around 6.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sugar Bush Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sugar Bush Elementary has decreased 8%, going from 130 students in 2018 to 119 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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