Summary:
The Waterloo School District has only one elementary school, Waterloo Elementary, which serves grades PK-4 with an enrollment of 285 students. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, its academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on the Forward Exam, is generally lower than the state averages across all subjects and grade levels.
Waterloo Elementary is ranked 857 out of 1,061 Wisconsin elementary schools for the 2023-2024 school year, with a 1-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger. The school's ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 807 (2021-2022) to 917 (2022-2023). Additionally, the school has a higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 16.3% and a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 41.4%.
Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $12,710 for the 2020-2021 school year, the declining academic performance and socioeconomic challenges facing the school suggest that additional strategies or interventions may be necessary to improve student outcomes. Without any other elementary schools in the Waterloo School District to compare to, it is difficult to make meaningful comparisons within the district, but the data indicates that Waterloo Elementary may be facing significant challenges that warrant further investigation and support.
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