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What's something Waubesa Intermediate does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCFARLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550891002172
Waubesa Intermediate
5605 Red Oak Trl, McFarland, WI 53558 · (608) 838-7667 · Dane County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
86 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 147 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 164 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 178 | 36% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within McFarland School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.5% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 72.9% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Waubesa Intermediate
Waubesa Intermediate's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waubesa Intermediate this school | 489 | 17.6% | 70.7% |
| Forest Glen Elementary Green Bay | 446 | 18.4% | 70.7% |
| Woodview Elementary Grafton | 506 | 18.2% | 78.7% |
| Sunrise Elementary Appleton | 456 | 14.9% | 74.3% |
| Windsor Elementary Windsor | 526 | 14.1% | 67.2% |
| Oriole Lane Elementary Mequon | 499 | 15.0% | 76.7% |
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 Waubesa Intermediate ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #178 of 982 | #19 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #155 of 992 ▲ 19 | #14 of 74 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #226 of 992 ▲ 63 | #26 of 74 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #168 of 1,157 | #12 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #422 of 901 | #63 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #533 of 901 | #69 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #920 of 1,064 | #64 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #483 of 664 | #46 of 61 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
489
-34 (-7%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 489 | 37.7 | 13.0:1 | 18% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 40.7 | 12.6:1 | 17% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 42.7 | 12.7:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 43 | 12.2:1 | 16% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 39.1 | 13.7:1 | 11% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 18% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 23% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 4% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waubesa Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (536 to 489); teachers down 4% (39.1 to 37.7).
About Waubesa Intermediate
Waubesa Intermediate is a high-enrollment elementary school for students in McFarland, Wisconsin. The school teaches grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 489 students. The school is 51% larger than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
In McFarland School District, 9 schools enroll a combined 5,921 students.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at Waubesa Intermediate are from different groups.
Staffing at Waubesa Intermediate comes to 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.0:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1, 1.7 more students per teacher than here. Waubesa Intermediate counts 18% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 32% average among public schools in Dane County.
On the allk12 Grade, Waubesa Intermediate lands at B+, ahead of 71% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Waubesa Intermediate is 3.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools.
In Dane County, median household income comes to about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dane County counts 169 public schools with about 78,525 students.
Conrad Elvehjem Primary School is about 0.8 miles from Waubesa Intermediate, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Waubesa Intermediate holds at least 8 other public schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Waubesa Intermediate had a net loss of 34 students, or 7%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Waubesa Intermediate. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McFarland School District
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)High · 1,566 students
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)Elementary · 1,393 students
- McFarland HighHigh · 727 students
- Indian Mound MiddleMiddle · 534 students
- Conrad Elvehjem Primary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin HighHigh · 423 students
Other schools in McFarland
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)High · 1,566 students
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)Elementary · 1,393 students
- McFarland HighHigh · 727 students
- Indian Mound MiddleMiddle · 534 students
- Conrad Elvehjem Primary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin HighHigh · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Conrad Elvehjem Primary School0.8 mi · 449
- 4K McFarland0.8 mi · 138
- McFarland High0.9 mi · 727
- Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)1.0 mi · 1,393
- Insight School of Wisconsin High1.0 mi · 202
- Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High1.0 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Waubesa IntermediateWhat is the total enrollment at Waubesa Intermediate?
Waubesa Intermediate enrolls approximately 489 students in grades 03-05.
Is Waubesa Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Waubesa Intermediate is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Waubesa Intermediate?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Waubesa Intermediate.
How diverse is Waubesa Intermediate?
Waubesa Intermediate reports a student body of 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Waubesa Intermediate?
Waubesa Intermediate is overseen by McFarland School District in Dane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.