Alma Elementary

Alma Elementary, a compact elementary campus in Alma, Wisconsin, part of Alma School District, caters to 184 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Alma Elementary sits 43% below that benchmark.

Alma School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 264 students. Alma Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alma Elementary lists that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Buffalo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Alma Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Alma Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.0%, the actual is 64.7%, a residual of +7.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Buffalo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,479 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Buffalo County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,850 students), of which Alma Elementary is one.

Alma High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Alma Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alma Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 172 students in 2018 compared to 184 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 97% across the same window.

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