Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BANGOR SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550078000100
Bangor Elementary
701 14th Ave S, Bangor, WI 54614 · (608) 486-2331 · La Crosse County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
81 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Bangor Elementary→Bangor Middle/High
Based on grade levels within Bangor School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -11.5pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
313
+17 (+6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.4:1
% White
88%
was 95%
% Hispanic
5%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Bangor Elementary
Bangor Elementary operates as a mid-sized primary school in Bangor, Wisconsin, operated by Bangor School District. Current enrollment sits at 313 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
Bangor School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 665 students; Bangor Elementary is among them.
On the student-mix side, Bangor Elementary shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than La Crosse County's rate of about 35%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bangor Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.8%, the actual is 62.2%, a residual of +0.4 points.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for La Crosse County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,013 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, La Crosse County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,903 students), of which Bangor Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Bangor Middle/High, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bangor Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.8%.
Bangor Elementary operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 6%: 296 students in 2018 compared to 313 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 95% to 88%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.
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La Crosse County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,488
Census ACS
Median income
$73,013
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
14,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Bangor Middle/High0.1 mi · 352
- West Salem Elementary4.5 mi · 677
- West Salem Middle4.6 mi · 534
- West Salem High4.7 mi · 603
- Sparta High9.1 mi · 871
- Sparta Montessori School9.2 mi · 161
Frequently asked questions
About Bangor ElementaryHow many students attend Bangor Elementary?
Bangor Elementary enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bangor Elementary serve?
Bangor Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bangor Elementary have?
Bangor Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Bangor Elementary?
Student demographics at Bangor Elementary are roughly 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Bangor Elementary in?
Bangor Elementary is part of Bangor School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.