Enrollment
171
Elementary
DISTRICT 117 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALMOND-BANCROFT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550024000023
Almond-Bancroft Elementary
1336 Elm St, Almond, WI 54909 · (715) 366-2941 · Portage County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
84 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Almond-Bancroft School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
52.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +22.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 29.2% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Almond-Bancroft Elementary
Almond-Bancroft Elementary's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almond-Bancroft Elementary this school | 171 | 49.1% | 39.6% |
| Woodridge Elementary Portage | 201 | 46.8% | N/A |
| Murray Park Elementary Ripon | 156 | 46.8% | 52.8% |
| Shullsburg Elementary Shullsburg | 143 | 53.8% | 49.5% |
| Etude Elementary Sheboygan | 190 | 51.6% | 63.9% |
| Sunrise Elementary Sturgeon Bay | 214 | 49.5% | 58.4% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Almond-Bancroft Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Portage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #761 of 982 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #554 of 992 ▲ 281 | #8 of 14 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #725 of 992 ▲ 86 | #14 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #959 of 1,157 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.1% | #428 of 1,064 | #4 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
171
-8 (-4%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 211
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 171 | 16.7 | 10.2:1 | 49% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 171 | 16.2 | 10.5:1 | 50% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 186 | 17.4 | 10.7:1 | 52% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 16 | 11.2:1 | 57% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 193 | 16.7 | 11.5:1 | 44% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 137 | 13 | 10.5:1 | 44% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 164 | 13 | 12.6:1 | 54% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 197 | 15 | 13.1:1 | 26% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 211 | 20 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Almond-Bancroft Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (193 to 171); teachers unchanged (16.7 to 16.7).
About Almond-Bancroft Elementary
Almond-Bancroft Elementary is one of the public schools in Almond, Wisconsin. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 171 students. It has 47% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
The district, Almond-Bancroft School District, operates 3 schools serving 351 students.
The student body at Almond-Bancroft Elementary is 77% White. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Portage County, the White share is about 90%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
The school has 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. The school reported 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 35% average among public schools in Portage County.
Almond-Bancroft Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 15% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
In Wisconsin, Almond-Bancroft Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 39.6% actual against a predicted 47.5%.
The county, Portage County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $76,070 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Almond-Bancroft Elementary, Portage County has 31 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Almond-Bancroft Elementary is closest to Almond-Bancroft High, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Almond-Bancroft Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 171, from 179 in 2020-21.
Almond-Bancroft Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Portage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,832
Census ACS
Median income
$76,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Almond-Bancroft School District
- Almond-Bancroft HighHigh · 103 students
- Almond-Bancroft MiddleMiddle · 77 students
Other schools in Almond
- Almond-Bancroft HighHigh · 103 students
- Almond-Bancroft MiddleMiddle · 77 students
Nearby schools
- Almond-Bancroft High0.0 mi · 103
- Almond-Bancroft Middle0.0 mi · 77
- Tri-County Middle5.3 mi · 134
- Tri-County High5.3 mi · 180
- Tri-County Elementary5.3 mi · 265
- Wild Rose High10.1 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Almond-Bancroft ElementaryHow large is Almond-Bancroft Elementary?
Almond-Bancroft Elementary enrolls approximately 171 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Almond-Bancroft Elementary serve?
Almond-Bancroft Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Almond-Bancroft Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Almond-Bancroft Elementary is approximately 10.2:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Almond-Bancroft Elementary?
Almond-Bancroft Elementary reports a student body of 77% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Almond-Bancroft Elementary public or private?
Almond-Bancroft Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Almond-Bancroft School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.