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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARCADIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550042003040
Arcadia Elementary
358 E River St, Arcadia, WI 54612 · (608) 323-3315 · Trempealeau County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest 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
12.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
439 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 90 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 8% larger than its 4th grade class (78).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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 Arcadia School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
32.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -15.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.1% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.8% | 48.1% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Arcadia Elementary
Arcadia Elementary's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Elementary this school | 531 | 82.7% | 31.6% |
| Greenfield Bilingual Milwaukee | 556 | 85.6% | 22.0% |
| Doerfler Elementary Milwaukee | 609 | 79.0% | 16.0% |
| La Causa Charter School Milwaukee | 558 | 87.1% | 18.3% |
| Allen-Field Elementary Milwaukee | 451 | 89.4% | 15.1% |
| Hayes Bilingual School Milwaukee | 670 | 86.0% | 17.4% |
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 Arcadia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Trempealeau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #828 of 982 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #803 of 992 ▼ 150 | #9 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #843 of 992 ▲ 35 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #110 of 1,157 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #288 of 901 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.3% | #678 of 901 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #110 of 1,064 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #582 of 664 | N/A |
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
531
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 531 | 43.8 | 12.1:1 | 83% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 44.5 | 11.9:1 | 86% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 46.6 | 11.3:1 | 84% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 47 | 10.9:1 | 83% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 47 | 11.8:1 | 77% (425) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arcadia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (555 to 531); teachers down 7% (47 to 43.8).
About Arcadia Elementary
Arcadia Elementary is a large elementary school with an address in Arcadia, Wisconsin. It reports enrollment of 531 students in pre-K through 4. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 64% bigger than that mark.
Arcadia Elementary is one school in Arcadia School District, a system of 3 schools with 1,303 students.
Hispanic students are 86% of those enrolled at Arcadia Elementary. The rest of enrollment is 13% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Trempealeau County's population at about 13%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 12.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Arcadia Elementary, which has 43.8. The school's 12.1:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 83%. The 47% average for public schools in Trempealeau County is 36 points lower.
Arcadia 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 26% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
In Wisconsin, Arcadia Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 31.6% actual against a predicted 26.9%.
In Trempealeau County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $76,313 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Trempealeau County number 21, with about 5,893 students.
About 0.8 miles separate Arcadia Elementary from the closest public school, Arcadia Middle. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Arcadia Elementary places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Arcadia Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment rose 4% over 4 years, reaching 531 in 2024-25. The ratio was 10.9:1 in 2020-21 and 12.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Trempealeau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,839
Census ACS
Median income
$76,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,893 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arcadia School District
- Arcadia HighHigh · 413 students
- Arcadia MiddleMiddle · 359 students
Other schools in Arcadia
- Arcadia HighHigh · 413 students
- Arcadia MiddleMiddle · 359 students
Other Arcadia Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Arcadia Elementary. Arcadia Elementary is the largest of the 8.
- Arcadia Elementary SchoolOlympia Fields, IL · 516 students
- Arcadia ElementaryDeer Park, WA · 455 students
- Arcadia Elementary SchoolTuscaloosa, AL · 418 students
- Arcadia ElementarySpartanburg, SC · 400 students
- Arcadia Elementary SchoolKALAMAZOO, MI · 355 students
Nearby schools
- Arcadia Middle0.8 mi · 359
- Arcadia High0.9 mi · 413
- Independence Middle8.8 mi · 101
- Independence High8.8 mi · 142
- Independence Elementary8.8 mi · 182
- Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High11.3 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Arcadia ElementaryHow many students attend Arcadia Elementary?
Arcadia Elementary enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-04.
Is Arcadia Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arcadia Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arcadia Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arcadia Elementary is approximately 12.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Arcadia Elementary?
Student demographics at Arcadia Elementary are roughly 13% White, 86% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Arcadia Elementary public or private?
Arcadia Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Arcadia School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.