Enrollment
184
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MENASHA JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550903000659
Banta Bilingual Elementary
328 Sixth St, Menasha, WI 54952 · (920) 967-1880 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL184 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
115 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 80% larger than its 5th grade class (20).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Menasha Joint School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
40.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.3% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 45.7% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Banta Bilingual Elementary
Banta Bilingual Elementary's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banta Bilingual Elementary this school | 184 | 62.5% | 46.7% |
| Schurz Elementary Watertown | 223 | 67.3% | 42.1% |
| Riley Dual Language Montessori School Milwaukee | 239 | 59.4% | 20.6% |
| Darien Elementary Darien | 223 | 65.9% | 46.2% |
| Kenosha School of Language (KSOL) Kenosha | 330 | 68.2% | 34.6% |
| Abbotsford Elementary Abbotsford | 374 | 70.6% | 20.3% |
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 Banta Bilingual Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #670 of 982 | #16 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #727 of 992 ▼ 44 | #18 of 29 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #694 of 992 ▲ 7 | #17 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 184 | #937 of 1,157 | #29 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #249 of 1,064 | #13 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #252 of 664 | #9 of 17 |
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
184
-3 (-2%) vs 2020
+261% since 2000-01, when it was 51
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 184 | 17 | 10.8:1 | 63% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 173 | 15.9 | 10.9:1 | 61% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 165 | 15.8 | 10.5:1 | 59% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 187 | 15 | 12.5:1 | 70% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 11 | 20.4:1 | 73% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 108 | 5 | 21.6:1 | 70% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 239 | 9 | 26.6:1 | 49% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 51 | 3 | 17.0:1 | 20% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Banta Bilingual Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (225 to 184); teachers up 54% (11 to 17).
About Banta Bilingual Elementary
Banta Bilingual Elementary is an elementary school located in Menasha, Wisconsin, in Winnebago County. It reported 184 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 43% below average.
Across its 8 schools, Menasha Joint School District enrolls 3,273 students. Banta Bilingual Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are 76% of those enrolled at Banta Bilingual Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% White. In Winnebago County overall, about 5% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, Banta Bilingual Elementary has a ratio of 10.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 63% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Winnebago County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 39.3% at Banta Bilingual Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.7%.
The school is in Winnebago County, where the median household earns about $74,925 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Winnebago County, 56 public schools serve about 22,271 students.
Butte des Morts Elementary is the nearest public school to Banta Bilingual Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Banta Bilingual Elementary comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Banta Bilingual Elementary as Suburb: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 187 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 184. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.5 to 10.8 over 4 years.
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Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
171,769
Census ACS
Median income
$74,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
22,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Menasha Joint School District
- Menasha HighHigh · 1,020 students
- Maplewood MiddleMiddle · 676 students
- Clovis Grove ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Butte des Morts ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Gegan ElementaryElementary · 258 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 152 students
Other schools in Menasha
- Menasha HighHigh · 1,020 students
- Maplewood MiddleMiddle · 676 students
- Clovis Grove ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Butte des Morts ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Gegan ElementaryElementary · 258 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 152 students
Nearby schools
- Butte des Morts Elementary0.1 mi · 445
- Menasha High0.3 mi · 1,020
- Fox Valley Virtual School0.6 mi · 90
- Jefferson Elementary1.0 mi · 152
- Gegan Elementary1.1 mi · 258
- Clovis Grove Elementary1.3 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About Banta Bilingual ElementaryHow many students attend Banta Bilingual Elementary?
Banta Bilingual Elementary enrolls approximately 184 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Banta Bilingual Elementary serve?
Banta Bilingual Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Banta Bilingual Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Banta Bilingual Elementary is approximately 10.8:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Banta Bilingual Elementary?
At Banta Bilingual Elementary, the student body is approximately 21% White, 76% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Banta Bilingual Elementary in?
Banta Bilingual Elementary is part of Menasha Joint School District.
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