Village of Fox Point, WI

VILLAGE OF FOX POINT, WI

The Village of Fox Point is a suburban residential community of 2.8 square miles and approximately 6,803 residents. Officially incorporated in 1926, the Village's name derives from a Dutch settlement that was originally located in the area. Located on Milwaukee County's North Shore, the Village is bordered on the east by Lake Michigan, the west by Interstate 43, the north by the Village of Bayside, and the south by the Village of Whitefish Bay.

Fox Point is a stable community of quiet tree-lined lanes and wooded areas, beautiful ravines, and stunning Lake Michigan vistas. Residents enjoy top-notch schools, high quality Village services, a wide range of housing options, a variety of local businesses to serve their needs, and a convenient location to downtown Milwaukee.

The Village is committed to protecting and enhancing residential quality of life, and to maintaining its tradition of high quality municipal services and amenities in order to preserve a community that is tranquil, secure, and attractive and desirable.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Village of Fox Point is to protect and enhance the quality of life of its residents by providing cost-effective, efficient and innovative services, preserving and maintaining Village neighborhoods and public amenities, fostering community pride and spirit, and encouraging active citizen participation.

HIGH POINTS

Fox Point strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Wisconsin):

CategoryTrophyMedian Family Income (vs. State)Top 2%College Educated Adults (vs. Peers)Top 2%Well-Paid Single Men (vs. Peers)Top 3%Well-Paid Single Women (vs. Peers)Top 3%People in Middle Class or Better (vs. Peers)Top 4%Low Property Crime (vs. Peers)Top 6%Low Violent Crime (vs. Peers)Top 8%Low Rate of Poverty (vs. Peers)Top 10%Racial Diversity (vs. State)Top 19%

RATING

Fox Point's Stormonth Elementary School serves grades PK-4 in the Fox Point J2 School District. It is among the few public schools in Wisconsin to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 9 out of 10.

This school has an average Parent Rating of 5 out of 5 stars, based on reviews from 10 parents.

WELCOME TO THE FOX POINT BAYSIDE SCHOOLS

Welcome to the Fox Point-Bayside School District. The Fox Point-Bayside School District serves students in four-year-old kindergarten through eighth grade. Current enrollment is approximately 950 students with 550 students attending Stormonth Elementary School located at 7301 N. Longacre Road in the Village of Fox Point and 400 students attending Bayside Middle School at 601 Ellsworth Lane in the Village of Bayside.

WELCOME TO STORMONTH SCHOOL

Stormonth School's curriculum is designed to challenge the above average learner and provide rich opportunities to learn in a supportive environment. Our programs emphasize problem solving, reasoning, integrating and communicating knowledge. Our students have excelled with a history of high test scores.

Stormonth School features a learning environment that is safe, nurturing and stimulating. Small class sizes and highly qualified, master teachers make the classroom conducive to learning. Each student is involved. The teachers provide enriching and imaginative experiences that stretch each student's talents.

Stormonth School teaches more than academics. We teach values. Our school themes emphasize characteristics such as respect, fairness, responsibility, tolerance, honesty and citizenship. A variety of special programs provide students with real world applications that go beyond the classroom, while our curriculum emphasizes character education. Through a strong sense of ethical values, we help prepare students to be successful, meaningful contributors to society.

DISTRICT PROFILEWELCOME TO THE FOX POINT-BAYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE

The Fox Point-Bayside School District serves students in four-year-old kindergarten through eighth grade. Current enrollment is approximately 950 students with 550 students attending Stormonth Elementary School located at 7301 N. Longacre Road in the Village of Fox Point and 400 students attending Bayside Middle School at 601 Ellsworth Lane in the Village of Bayside.

Our District Mission Statement reflects the important tenets upon which we have built our program:

In partnership with families and the community, the mission of the Fox Point-Bayside schools is to:

Ensure that students develop a firm foundation of basic skills and knowledge Teach students to be effective information gatherers, problem solvers, decision makers, and

communicators Promote, by example and instruction, such values and qualities as honesty, respect,

responsibility, self-discipline, tolerance, civility, fairness, courage, and perseverance Offer opportunities to explore and appreciate culture and the arts Encourage personal growth through participation in sports, leadership development, and

community activities Provide a safe, supportive, and creative environment for students and staff Nurture students’ natural curiosity and excitement for learning

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FOX POINT-BAYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Originating in 1852 with two log buildings, the Fox Point-Bayside School District began. In 1874, the Fox Point Common School District was established and the Lake Holland School, a 30' x 22' structure, was built for $600 replacing the log schools.

The district was one of the first in the state to add Kindergarten in 1930. On February 6, 1935, the Fox Point School was opened and was located at 7301 North Longacre Road.

The postwar years brought significant community growth. In 1948, the Village of Bayside acquired a school building site at 601 East Ellsworth Lane and merged with the Village of Fox Point to become the Joint #2 Fox Point-Bayside School District. Bayside School opened in 1953 housing K4-8th grade students. A third building, Dunwood School, was opened in 1955 at the corner of North Port Washington Road and East Dunwood Road.

WHAT ARE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS? For the past year there were more than 500 students

attending school. This number by large maintained the same as previous years.

All thirteen years until 2009 there was an adequate half between boys and girls with slightly more males than females.

The racial back ground of the students indicated that there are mostly White kids of about 80% of the school population. There are about 10 % Black kids, about 6% Asian kids, about two percent Hispanic, and less than one percent American Indians. The percentage maintained more or less the same throughout the years from 1996 to 2009. This statistic indicated that the school community is heterogeneous in a way although no equal percentage but every ethnicity is percent. This means all cultures taught by the teacher address all kids.

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The economic status indicates that the families are probably middle class and upper in terms of income. There are about 7% to 8% students who qualify for subsidized lunch but mainly the neighborhood has good economic status throughout the years 2000-2009.

In terms of disability, there are about 10% students who have some sort of disability. 4% to 5% have speech or language problems, 3% to 4% have prime disabilities, about 1% has cognitive disabilities, 1% has specific learning disabilities and less than 1% has emotional disabilities between the years 2002 -2009.

Most of the kids are English language speakers. About 1% to 2% speaks other languages than English from the year 1998 to 2009.

There are six grades in school starting from pre –k and ending with fourth grade included. The number of students in each grade is spread evenly more or less. There is about 15% of each grade level from 1996 until 2009.

HOW ARE STUDENTS PERFORMING ACADEMICALLY? How did students perform on state tests at grades 3-8 and 10? More than 80% of students performed very well in Social Studies test.

65% performed very well in reading. 59% performed very well in math. 52% performed very well in language arts. And almost 40% performed very well in science. On the other hand, in language arts and science around 5% performed very poorly. 3% performed very poorly in social studies, and 1% performed very poorly in science and reading.

How did students perform on the WRCT at grade 3? (Results available through March 2005)

Third graders had a reading test and in the years 2002, 2003, and 2005 96% of the students did the test on the advanced proficient level.

What percent of students did not advance to the next grade level?

Through the years, very law percentage didn’t pass to the next grade with exception in the years 2003 to 2006 were there were about 3% failing students.



WHAT ABOUT ATTENDANCE AND BEHAVIOR? What percentage of students were

suspended or expelled? The year 2004-2005 was almost 2%

suspended students, but that year was the highest in percentage of suspended kids comparable to 2007-2008 were there was a percentage of 0. something.


STAFF What are the qualifications of teachers? All teachers are qualified. There was an exception

in 2003-2004 where 2% didn’t have license and in 2006-2007 2% had emergency license. This indicated a good quality of teaching staff.

Comments: On the whole, this school has good results, has

multi-cultural ethnicity with 80% white students leading. The socio-economic status is Farley good and most of the students are English speakers. The test proved a good knowledge of students and the teachers were shown as qualified and licensed. This is a good school to teach in and recommend to friends and relatives.


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