DOC: Waupun Correctional Institution

DOC: Waupun Correctional Institution is a micro-enrollment secondary school in Waupun, Wisconsin, run under Wisconsin Department of Corrections. The school educates 1 students in grade 12. Enrollment runs roughly 100% smaller than the state mean of about 475.

Wisconsin Department of Corrections comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 159 students; DOC: Waupun Correctional Institution is among them.

Demographically, DOC: Waupun Correctional Institution logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (100%). The wider county runs roughly 3% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 1.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dodge County) shows that median household income runs about $75,929, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. DOC: Waupun Correctional Institution is one of 39 public schools in Dodge County (combined enrollment of about 10,450 students).

Nearest neighbor: Waupun Area Junior High, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DOC: Waupun Correctional Institution has declined 86%, going from 7 students in 2018 to 1 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 29% to 0%.

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