Enrollment
149
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550039002583
Appleton Public Montessori
1545 E Broadway Dr, Grand Chute, WI 54915 · (920) 852-5515 · Outagamie County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL149 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% 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.
- B+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
19.1:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
36 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 20 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 43% larger than its 6th grade class (14).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Appleton Public Montessori→Valley New School
Based on grade levels within Appleton Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.8% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 76.4% | 58.3% |
% 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Appleton Public Montessori
Appleton Public Montessori's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton Public Montessori this school | 149 | 24.2% | 72.7% |
| Fox River Academy Appleton | 150 | 23.3% | 75.3% |
| SASD 4K Stoughton | 174 | 25.9% | N/A |
| Viroqua Area Montessori School Viroqua | 147 | 27.9% | 75.1% |
| Green Lake Elementary Green Lake | 137 | 28.5% | 71.0% |
| Albany Elementary Albany | 159 | 28.9% | 58.2% |
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 Appleton Public Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Outagamie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #134 of 982 | #6 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #494 of 992 ▼ 25 | #18 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #58 of 992 ▲ 6 | #2 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 149 | #999 of 1,157 | #32 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #824 of 1,064 | #24 of 35 |
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
149
-5 (-3%) vs 2020
+38% since 2010-11, when it was 108
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 30.8:1
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 | 149 | 7.8 | 19.1:1 | 24% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 153 | 8.3 | 18.4:1 | 27% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 147 | 6.3 | 23.4:1 | 25% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 154 | 5 | 30.8:1 | 21% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 157 | 5.9 | 26.6:1 | 15% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 158 | 6 | 26.3:1 | 11% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 108 | 4 | 27.0:1 | 19% (21) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Appleton Public Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (157 to 149); teachers up 32% (5.9 to 7.8).
About Appleton Public Montessori
Appleton Public Montessori operates as a small elementary school in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 149 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have about 323 students on average; enrollment here is 54% lower.
Appleton Public Montessori reports to Appleton Area School District, which has 38 schools and 14,994 students.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Among Outagamie County residents, the White share is about 86%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
Appleton Public Montessori reports a ratio of 19.1 students per teacher, from 7.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 4.4 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Appleton Public Montessori, 24% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Appleton Public Montessori outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.8% for Appleton Public Montessori. The school posts 72.7%, 9.9 points above the prediction.
Outagamie County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $85,069 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Outagamie County's 73 public schools enroll about 31,330 students and include Appleton Public Montessori.
Fox Cities Leadership Academy is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Appleton Public Montessori, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Appleton Public Montessori places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area. NCES lists Appleton Public Montessori as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Appleton Public Montessori had a net loss of 5 students, or 3%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 30.8:1 to 19.1:1 over the same years.
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Outagamie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,826
Census ACS
Median income
$85,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
31,330 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Appleton Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,635 students
- East HighHigh · 1,238 students
- West HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Einstein MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Wisconsin Connections AcademyCombined · 743 students
Nearby schools
- Fox Cities Leadership Academy0.9 mi · 78
- North High0.9 mi · 1,635
- Ferber Elementary2.4 mi · 499
- Classical School2.4 mi · 487
- Einstein Middle2.6 mi · 851
- Wisconsin Connections Academy2.6 mi · 743
Frequently asked questions
About Appleton Public MontessoriWhat is the total enrollment at Appleton Public Montessori?
Appleton Public Montessori enrolls approximately 149 students in grades PK-06.
Is Appleton Public Montessori an elementary, middle, or high school?
Appleton Public Montessori is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Appleton Public Montessori have?
Appleton Public Montessori employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Appleton Public Montessori?
Student demographics at Appleton Public Montessori are roughly 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Appleton Public Montessori public or private?
Appleton Public Montessori is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Appleton Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.