Waterloo Intermediate

As an one-room-style 6-8 campus in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Waterloo Intermediate works with 114 students from grades 5 through 6, operated by Waterloo School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Waterloo Intermediate sits 70% below that benchmark.

Within Waterloo School District, which oversees 4 schools and 745 students, Waterloo Intermediate is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Waterloo Intermediate records that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder consists of 29% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Jefferson County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, Waterloo Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 41.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that median household income runs about $83,750, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Jefferson County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,194 students), Waterloo Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Waterloo Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Waterloo Intermediate comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waterloo Intermediate has ticked down 4%, going from 119 students in 2018 to 114 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 72% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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