Waupaca Learning Center Elementary

Waupaca Learning Center Elementary operates as a heavily attended primary school in Waupaca, Wisconsin, part of Waupaca School District. Current enrollment sits at 602 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 86% bigger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Waupaca School District (2,043 students total), Waupaca Learning Center Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Waupaca Learning Center Elementary records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Waupaca County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Waupaca Learning Center Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Waupaca Learning Center Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Waupaca County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Waupaca Learning Center Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 55.2%, a residual of +9.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Waupaca County) reports that median household income runs about $72,830, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Waupaca County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,466 students), Waupaca Learning Center Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Waupaca Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Waupaca Learning Center Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waupaca Learning Center Elementary has fell 5%, going from 636 students in 2018 to 602 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 82% across the same window.

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