Evans Elementary, Fond Du Lac WI

Original Research by School Decision on Evans Elementary

Evans Elementary is a regular public school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. It sits within the Fond du Lac School District, a system that operates nine elementary schools, three middle schools, a STEM academy, and one high school spread across the city. The school’s location on South Peters Avenue places it in a residential neighborhood of the mid-sized city that serves as the county seat of Fond du Lac County. Fond du Lac combines manufacturing, residential areas, and civic functions around a historic downtown core and Lake Winnebago, with major employers such as Mercury Marine, Giddings & Lewis, and St. Agnes Hospital anchoring the local economy.

The student body at Evans Elementary is modest in size for an elementary school and is diverse in its composition. About half of the students identify as white, with substantial shares identifying as Hispanic, two or more races, Black, and Asian. A moderate share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that a meaningful portion of families have lower household incomes. Specific counts of students with disabilities or English learner status were not available in the data reviewed.

On state assessments administered through the Wisconsin Forward Exam, Evans Elementary’s performance varies by subject and grade level, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school. In mathematics, proficiency rates among tested grades hover around the half mark, with the fifth-grade cohort showing a stronger result than third or fourth grade. In English language arts, the pattern is similar: fourth grade lags behind third and fifth. Science and social studies, tested only in fourth grade, show proficiency rates roughly at the midpoint, meaning about half of students met the state’s proficiency threshold. Across all tested subjects and grades combined, a proficiency index placed Evans Elementary in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Fond du Lac County. This is a soft spot in the school’s academic picture, and the uneven results across grade levels suggest that some cohorts or classrooms may experience different instructional conditions. The school did have full participation in testing, so the reported results reflect nearly all enrolled students in those grades.

Because Evans Elementary serves only through fifth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. The school’s grade band also means that topics such as advanced coursework, career pathways, or chronic absenteeism are not applicable at this level, and the available data did not include information on staffing ratios, discipline, or program offerings.

For families considering this school, the housing context in Fond du Lac is relevant. Home values in the area are below the statewide benchmark, and rents have risen notably year over year. The affordability context suggests that for a given family budget, housing costs take a moderate share of income, and the difference between renting and owning is narrow. The city itself has a historic downtown, a large lakeside park with recreational amenities, and a public transit system with multiple bus routes. Marian University and Moraine Park Technical College add an educational presence, though most school facilities are on campuses away from the downtown center.

No recent district-level changes with lasting impact on parents were identified in the search, and no specific school-level programs were reported in the data. Evans Elementary is a neighborhood school in a midsize industrial city, with a diverse student population and a moderate level of economic need. Its academic results show room for improvement, particularly in fourth-grade literacy and some math cohorts, while fifth-grade students have performed more strongly. A family considering this school may want to visit and ask about supports for the grades where proficiency dipped, as well as enrichment opportunities offered across the elementary years.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 62% · ▼ 6 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 58% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 57% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 58% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 51% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 55% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Science

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 50% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 59% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

This schoolFond du Lac School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income53%Higher-income50%3 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income38%Higher-income44%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income59%Higher-income67%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income47%Higher-income79%32 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income54%Higher-income50%4 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income59%Higher-income89%30 pp gap