NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools WI

Best-Resourced Schools in Oconomowoc, WI

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10 public K-12 schools in Oconomowoc from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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10
Schools
5,686
Students
51.8/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Oconomowoc has more public-school enrollment than 61% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Oconomowoc sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Oconomowoc's 10 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Oconomowoc's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 91st percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 55th percentile. The 36-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 39%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
91st percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Oconomowoc High accounts for 28.0% of all Oconomowoc public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Oconomowoc-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Oconomowoc school enrollment varies 7.5× across entities

Oconomowoc school enrollment ranges from 211 students (lowest) to 1,591 students (highest), a spread of 1,380 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Oconomowoc student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Oconomowoc is typically wider than the Oconomowoc-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Oconomowoc's 10 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Lake Country Classical Academy Inc 80
2. Meadow View Elementary 59
3. Stone Bank Elementary 56
4. Adeline Montessori School Inc 51
5. Park Lawn Elementary 48
6. Greenland Elementary 48
7. Silver Lake Intermediate 47
8. Summit Elementary 46
9. Oconomowoc High 42
10. Nature Hill Intermediate 41

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Oconomowoc

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Adeline Montessori School Inc 65.2/100
  2. 2 Silver Lake Intermediate 27.8/100
  3. 3 Park Lawn Elementary 26.2/100
  4. 4 Lake Country Classical Academy Inc 24.9/100
  5. 5 Summit Elementary 24.8/100

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Which Oconomowoc school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lake Country Classical Academy Inc has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Oconomowoc schools in this federal-data comparison at 80/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Oconomowoc, WI? ▼

Oconomowoc has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,686 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.