Flex Academy, Little Chute WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Flex Academy

Flex Academy is a K-8 charter school in Little Chute, Wisconsin, operating within the Little Chute Area School District. The school is small, serving students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Because it does not include high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and the academic picture is based entirely on state assessments taken in the elementary and middle school years.

Little Chute is a village just east of Appleton along the Fox River, with a distinct Dutch-Catholic heritage that still shows in community traditions and a full-scale working windmill that serves as a museum and tourist draw. The village is suburban in character, with a car-oriented street network, highway access to Green Bay and Milwaukee, and public bus service through Valley Transit. Housing values in the area are broadly in line with the state average, and the local economy sits within the growing Appleton metropolitan region. The district itself has not had any major recent changes that appear in publicly reported sources.

Academically, Flex Academy posts strong results. Across the tested grades, proficiency rates in math and English language arts are mostly above the midpoint when compared with other districts in Outagamie County, and the school lands in the top quartile of that same county-level comparison on an overall proficiency index. Some individual grade-level results stand out. Fifth-grade reading scores show every tested student meeting the bar, and social studies results in fourth and eighth grade reach very high levels. Science scores are also strong, particularly at the eighth-grade level. Math proficiency is solid through seventh grade, though it dips somewhat at eighth grade, a pattern a parent may want to discuss with the school. Given the small size of each grade, individual year-to-year variation can be more pronounced here than at a larger school, so looking at multi-year trends if available would give a fuller picture.

The student body is largely homogeneous. The great majority of students are white, with a small share of students who are Hispanic or of two or more races. A moderate share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a range of household incomes but not a concentration of poverty. Data on students receiving special education services or English learner support was not available, so a parent with a child who has those needs would want to ask the school directly about how it serves those populations.

The school’s charter status means it operates with a degree of autonomy from the district while remaining a public school open to all residents. What that flexibility looks like in practice at Flex Academy is not detailed in the available information, but charter schools often have a particular focus or instructional approach. A parent considering this school would want to learn more about its educational model directly from the school.

Overall, Flex Academy offers a small, high-performing academic setting through eighth grade. The community is a Dutch-heritage village with steady growth and typical suburban amenities. For a family looking for a small K-8 public charter with strong test scores in a tight-knit village, this school fits that description well. The limited size means each child may get more individual attention, but it also means fewer peers per grade and potentially fewer specialized course offerings than a larger school might provide.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 367%

School 67% · District 55% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 471%

School 71% · District 62% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 58% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 671%

School 71% · District 56% · ▲ 16 pts above district

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

Grade 775%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 75% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 367%

School 67% · District 45% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 61% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 60% · ▲ 40 pts above district

▲ 49 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

Grade 686%

School 86% · District 55% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 775%

School 75% · District 81% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Grade 860%

School 60% · District 67% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 61% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 889%

School 89% · District 70% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 493%

School 93% · District 70% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 889%

School 89% · District 73% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

This schoolLittle Chute Area 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.