Abbotsford Elementary
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Abbotsford Elementary
Abbotsford Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Abbotsford, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Abbotsford School District. Current enrollment sits at 374 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
Within Abbotsford School District, which oversees 2 schools and 788 students, Abbotsford Elementary is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Abbotsford Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% White. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 6% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clark County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Abbotsford Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.3%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Clark County put median household income runs about $67,400, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clark County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,522 students), Abbotsford Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Abbotsford Middle/Senior High, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Abbotsford Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.1%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 377 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 43% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.
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