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Beaver Dam High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
500 Gould St
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
Phone
(920) 885-7313
District
Beaver Dam Unified School District
County
DODGE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1052
Classroom Teachers
68

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Wisconsin

4

(10 is best)

Better than 35.3% of all WI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Beaver Dam High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
38%
35%
42%
41%
33%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 233 22.1%
Grade 10 258 24.5%
Grade 11 275 26.1%
Grade 12 286 27.2%
Total 1052 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.8% 74.2% 70.6%
Black 1.9% 1.8% 9.2%
Hispanic 22.5% 23.1% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.8% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 1.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 43.0% 50.2% 40.4%
Free lunch eligible 37.1% 41.9% 36.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.9% 8.3% 4.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,950 5,910,955
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 209.0 108
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.3% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.4% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.9% 31.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.8% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 19.6% 18.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,423 2,446,028
Single Parent Households With Children 7.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.8% 93.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.0% 32.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.2% 17.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.5% 18.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.4% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 24.4% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.3% 14.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.9% 10.2%
$15,000 or less 4.3% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,276 $25,333,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $844 $2,582,000 5.1%
Staff $784 $2,400,000 4.7%
General Administration $231 $706,000 1.4%
School Administration $740 $2,266,000 4.4%
Operation $1,823 $5,581,000 10.9%
Transportation $450 $1,378,000 2.7%
Other $637 $1,949,000 3.8%
Total Support $5,509 $16,862,000 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,896 $8,864,000 17.4%
Total Expenditures $16,680 $51,059,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,015 $6,599,040,000 47.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $741 $609,761,000 4.4%
Staff $829 $682,423,000 4.9%
General Administration $295 $242,657,000 1.8%
School Administration $700 $575,935,000 4.2%
Operation $1,400 $1,153,005,000 8.3%
Transportation $442 $364,261,000 2.6%
Other $736 $606,191,000 4.4%
Total Support $5,143 $4,234,233,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,660 $3,013,152,000 21.8%
Total Expenditures $16,818 $13,846,425,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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