Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 197 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMORROW RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550033000032
Amherst Elementary
357 N Main St, Amherst, WI 54406 · (715) 824-5523 · Portage County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
14.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
91 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 65 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 5% smaller than its 4th grade class (58).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 Tomorrow River School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
66.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.8% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 72.7% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Amherst Elementary
Amherst Elementary's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Elementary this school | 342 | 26.6% | 71.4% |
| Campbellsport Elementary Campbellsport | 338 | 26.3% | 61.4% |
| Stillson Elementary Chippewa Falls | 338 | 26.0% | 75.3% |
| Spring Valley Elementary Spring Valley | 317 | 28.4% | 71.0% |
| Stratford Elementary Stratford | 328 | 28.7% | 76.6% |
| Fall Creek Elementary Fall Creek | 414 | 26.3% | 50.3% |
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 Amherst Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Portage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #162 of 982 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #261 of 992 ▼ 84 | #1 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #240 of 992 ▲ 23 | #2 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #478 of 1,157 | #8 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #646 of 901 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.2% | #878 of 901 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.6% | #788 of 1,064 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #439 of 664 | #4 of 9 |
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
342
+21 (+7%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 342 | 23.5 | 14.5:1 | 27% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 24.3 | 14.4:1 | 30% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 25.1 | 13.8:1 | 33% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 31% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 27.1 | 14.1:1 | 22% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 24% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 23% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 17% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 33 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amherst Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (381 to 342); teachers down 13% (27.1 to 23.5).
About Amherst Elementary
Amherst Elementary is an elementary school in Amherst, Wisconsin, reachable at (715) 824-5523. It teaches 342 students in pre-K through 4.
Tomorrow River School District, which runs Amherst Elementary, has 5 schools and 1,198 students.
White students are 94% of those enrolled at Amherst Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 11, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 27%. That is 8 points below the 35% average for public schools in Portage County.
On the allk12 Grade, Amherst Elementary lands at A, ahead of 85% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Amherst Elementary is 10.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (71.4% versus 61.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Census data for Portage County show the median household earns about $76,070 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Portage County number 31, with about 9,217 students.
Measured in a straight line, Amherst High is less than a tenth of a mile from Amherst Elementary. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Amherst Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was 342 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 321. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.8:1 to 14.5:1 over the same years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Amherst Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Tomorrow River School District
- Amherst HighHigh · 349 students
- Amherst MiddleMiddle · 257 students
- Tomorrow River Community CharterElementary · 184 students
- Tomorrow River Virtual Charter School (TRVCS)Elementary · 66 students
- Tomorrow River Community Middle (TRCMS)Combined
Other schools in Amherst
- Amherst HighHigh · 349 students
- Amherst MiddleMiddle · 257 students
- Central Sands Community High SchoolHigh · 35 students
Other Amherst Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Amherst Elementary. Amherst Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Amherst Elementary SchoolKnoxville, TN · 683 students
- Amherst Elementary SchoolMassillon, OH · 462 students
- Amherst ElementaryAmherst, VA · 307 students
- AMHERST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAMHERST, NE · 203 students
Nearby schools
- Amherst High0.0 mi · 349
- Amherst Middle0.0 mi · 257
- Central Sands Community High School4.6 mi · 35
- Tomorrow River Virtual Charter School (TRVCS)6.1 mi · 66
- Tomorrow River Community Charter6.1 mi · 184
- Iola-Scandinavia High8.4 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Amherst ElementaryHow many students attend Amherst Elementary?
Amherst Elementary enrolls approximately 342 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Amherst Elementary serve?
Amherst Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Amherst Elementary have?
Amherst Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is Amherst Elementary?
Amherst Elementary reports a student body of 94% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Amherst Elementary in?
Amherst Elementary is part of Tomorrow River School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.