Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STEVENS POINT AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551449002452
Bannach Elementary
5400 Walter St, Stevens Point, WI 54482 · (715) 345-5668 · Portage County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
107 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
59.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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
368
-40 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.2:1
% White
84%
was 86%
% Hispanic
7%
was 5%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
4%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Bannach Elementary
Bannach Elementary is an average-sized primary school in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Stevens Point Area Public School District. The school teaches 368 students in grades pre-K through 6.
Stevens Point Area Public School District comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 6,885 students; Bannach Elementary is among them.
In terms of who attends, Bannach Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Bannach Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.5%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Portage County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,070 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Portage County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,217 students), of which Bannach Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Washington Elementary, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bannach Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bannach Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bannach Elementary has ticked down 10%, going from 408 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.
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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 Stevens Point Area Public School District
- Stevens Point Area Senior HighHigh · 1,478 students
- Benjamin Franklin Junior HighMiddle · 757 students
- P J Jacobs Junior HighMiddle · 709 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Plover-Whiting ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 443 students
Other schools in Stevens Point
- Stevens Point Area Senior HighHigh · 1,478 students
- Benjamin Franklin Junior HighMiddle · 757 students
- P J Jacobs Junior HighMiddle · 709 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Point 4 the FutureElementary · 406 students
- McKinley CenterElementary · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary1.6 mi · 443
- P J Jacobs Junior High2.3 mi · 709
- Jefferson Elementary2.7 mi · 276
- McKinley Center2.8 mi · 373
- McDill Elementary3.1 mi · 360
- Benjamin Franklin Junior High3.1 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Bannach ElementaryHow many students attend Bannach Elementary?
Bannach Elementary enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Bannach Elementary serve?
Bannach Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bannach Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bannach Elementary is approximately 15.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bannach Elementary?
At Bannach Elementary, the student body is approximately 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bannach Elementary public or private?
Bannach Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stevens Point Area Public School District.
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