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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH FOND DU LAC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551074003125

Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind

705 Minnesota Ave, North Fond du Lac, WI 54937 · (920) 266-8199 · Fond du Lac County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL60 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools

Enrollment
60
Elementary
DISTRICT 252 · STATE 323
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 37.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
39 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten610%
Grade 158%
Grade 2610%
Grade 358%
Grade 4712%
Grade 5712%
Grade 6813%
Grade 7813%
Grade 8813%
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
5592%
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
23%
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
12%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Two+
12%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
12%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
3863%
Female
2237%

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
25.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
27.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -4.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2525.0%27.8%
2023-2424.3%32.4%
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind

Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind this school6065.0%27.8%
Barron Area Montessori School
Almena
5957.6%N/A
Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary
Ridgeland
6854.4%46.8%
Camp Douglas Elementary
Camp Douglas
6555.4%46.6%
Oakdale Elementary
Tomah
9056.7%N/A
Winter Elementary
Winter
9367.7%48.1%
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Fond du Lac County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
60#1,127 of 1,157#23 of 23
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
60
+16 (+36%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 44.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2560415.0:165% (39)
2023-2459414.8:147% (28)
2022-2360415.0:138% (23)
2020-2144144.0:145% (20)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind.

About Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind

Among the schools in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, is Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind, a very small elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 60 students. The school is 81% below the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.

The district, North Fond du Lac School District, operates 6 schools serving 1,571 students.

Roughly 92% of students at Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind are White. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.

The school has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.0 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is similar, at 14.7:1. Of all students at Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind, 65% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Fond du Lac County, the average is 41%.

Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind is 10.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.8% actual, 37.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Wisconsin.

The school is in Fond du Lac County, where median household income comes to about $74,275, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fond du Lac County's 42 public schools enroll about 13,230 students and include Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind.

The closest school to Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind is Early Learning Center, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind ranks 6th on average proficiency.

NCES describes the area around Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.

A 36% rise took enrollment from 44 in 2020-21 to 60 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 44.0:1 in 2020-21 to 15.0:1 in 2024-25.

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Fond du Lac County at a glance

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Population
104,137
Census ACS
Median income
$74,275
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
13,230 students

Quick facts

School name
Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind
District
North Fond du Lac School District
Address
705 Minnesota Ave, North Fond du Lac, WI 54937
Phone
(920) 266-8199
County
Fond du Lac County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–08
Total enrollment
60
Teachers (FTE)
4
Student–teacher ratio
15.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
39 (65%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
551074003125
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind
How many students attend Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind?
Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind enrolls approximately 60 students in grades KG-08.
Is Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind an elementary, middle, or high school?
Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind.
How diverse is Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind?
Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind?
Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind is overseen by North Fond du Lac School District in Fond du Lac County.
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