Summary:
Waupun School District contains three elementary schools serving about 1,037 students across pre-kindergarten through sixth grade: Rock River Intermediate (grades 2–6, 585 students), Meadow View Primary (PK–1, 324 students), and School for Agricultural and Environmental Studies (PK–6, 128 students) in Fox Lake. The district overall ranks 318 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 26th percentile with 1 star, yet both of its ranked elementary schools place above that district-level position.
Rock River Intermediate is the largest school and the strongest on tested outcomes, with the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (39.66%) and the lowest chronic absenteeism (12.4%). Its math and 4th-grade social studies scores (70.37%) run above state averages, while ELA is its weak spot — 3rd-grade ELA was 36.94% versus 52.08% statewide. It holds a stable 2-star rating at the 42nd percentile. School for Agricultural and Environmental Studies is the smallest, highest-poverty (51.56% free/reduced lunch) and highest-absenteeism (17.4%) school, and also spends the most per student ($17,503) with the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.6). Its results swing widely: 6th-grade math was 90.91% against a state figure of 53.6%, but 3rd-grade math was 36.36% and 3rd-grade ELA 27.27%. Its rank has slipped from the 56th to the 31st percentile over three years. Meadow View Primary has no test scores because it serves PK–1; its absenteeism (12.8%) is below district and state, but its student-teacher ratio (16.1) is the highest of the three.
For families, the practical takeaways are these: higher spending and smaller classes do not automatically translate into higher proficiency, especially at a small school where one grade's score may reflect very few students. Chronic absenteeism tracks closely with poverty across these three schools. Rock River offers the most consistent academic picture, with math and social studies as strengths and ELA as the area to watch.
Thank you for your feedback!