Waunakee Intermediate

Waunakee Intermediate, a sizable middle-grades school in Waunakee, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Waunakee Community School District, teaches 661 students, covering grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 73% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Waunakee Community School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,415 students. Waunakee Intermediate is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Waunakee Intermediate logs that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Waunakee Intermediate has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dane County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Waunakee Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.8%; this one delivers 77.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Dane County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Waunakee Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

Waunakee Heritage Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Waunakee Intermediate ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 72.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waunakee Intermediate has climbed 12%, going from 589 students in 2018 to 661 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 87% to 81% over that span.

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