Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD-SUAMICO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550663002709
Bay Harbor Elementary
1590 Harbor Lights Rd, Suamico, WI 54173 · (920) 662-8800 · Brown County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% 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
11.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
70 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 30 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 36% smaller than its 4th grade class (73).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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 Howard-Suamico School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
67.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 73.0% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Bay Harbor Elementary
Bay Harbor Elementary's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Harbor Elementary this school | 344 | 20.3% | 69.0% |
| Mineral Point Elementary Mineral Point | 377 | 20.4% | 70.5% |
| Trempealeau Elementary Trempealeau | 309 | 19.4% | 69.0% |
| Cambridge Elementary Cambridge | 399 | 22.1% | 65.8% |
| Brooklyn Elementary Brooklyn | 363 | 21.8% | 72.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary Port Washington | 302 | 20.9% | 74.9% |
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 Bay Harbor Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #206 of 982 | #11 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #246 of 992 ▼ 74 | #12 of 44 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #70 of 992 ▲ 152 | #4 of 44 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #474 of 1,157 | #27 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #138 of 901 | #10 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.3% | #857 of 901 | #44 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.3% | #887 of 1,064 | #41 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #286 of 664 | #14 of 29 |
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
344
-55 (-14%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 344 | 31.2 | 11.0:1 | 20% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 31.3 | 11.1:1 | 20% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 31.7 | 11.9:1 | 18% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 22% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 15% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 11% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bay Harbor Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (413 to 344); teachers up 36% (23 to 31.2).
About Bay Harbor Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in Suamico, Wisconsin, Bay Harbor Elementary is part of Howard-Suamico School District. It reported 344 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25.
Howard-Suamico School District runs 9 schools with a combined 5,678 students. Bay Harbor Elementary is one of them.
At Bay Harbor Elementary, 93% of students are White. The school is also 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 79% White share among all Brown County residents. The diversity index for Bay Harbor Elementary is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bay Harbor Elementary has a ratio of 11.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 20% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 39% average for public schools in Brown County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Bay Harbor Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 68% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.2% at Bay Harbor Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 69.0%.
In the wider Brown County area, the median household earns about $79,649 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Brown County, 86 public schools serve about 42,385 students.
Suamico Elementary is about 1.5 miles from Bay Harbor Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Bay Harbor Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Bay Harbor Elementary as Suburb: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 344, down from 399 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 13.8:1 to 11.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Bay Harbor Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
270,892
Census ACS
Median income
$79,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard-Suamico School District
- Bay Port HighHigh · 1,966 students
- Bay View MiddleMiddle · 820 students
- Lineville IntermediateMiddle · 815 students
- Meadowbrook ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Forest Glen ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Howard and Suamico 4K CollaborativeElementary · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Suamico Elementary1.5 mi · 266
- Forest Glen Elementary2.8 mi · 446
- Bay Port High2.9 mi · 1,966
- Lineville Intermediate2.9 mi · 815
- Howard and Suamico 4K Collaborative2.9 mi · 281
- Bay View Middle3.8 mi · 820
Frequently asked questions
About Bay Harbor ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bay Harbor Elementary?
Bay Harbor Elementary enrolls approximately 344 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Bay Harbor Elementary serve?
Bay Harbor Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Bay Harbor Elementary?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Bay Harbor Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bay Harbor Elementary?
At Bay Harbor Elementary, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bay Harbor Elementary in?
Bay Harbor Elementary is part of Howard-Suamico School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.