Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WITTENBERG-BIRNAMWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551710002218
Birnamwood Elementary
337 Main St, Birnamwood, WI 54414 · (715) 449-2576 · Shawano County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B-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
14.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
135 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Birnamwood Elementary→Wittenberg-Birnamwood High
Based on grade levels within Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 58.3% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Birnamwood Elementary
Birnamwood Elementary's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birnamwood Elementary this school | 359 | 37.6% | 58.3% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Chippewa Falls | 344 | 38.7% | 48.9% |
| Melrose-Mindoro Elementary Melrose | 399 | 37.8% | 58.0% |
| Pardeeville Elementary Pardeeville | 331 | 39.6% | 58.0% |
| West Elementary Milton | 322 | 35.1% | 58.2% |
| Parkview Elementary Orfordville | 428 | 36.7% | 64.8% |
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 Birnamwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Shawano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #443 of 982 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #547 of 992 ▼ 74 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #350 of 992 ▲ 61 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #444 of 1,157 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #637 of 901 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.6% | #727 of 901 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #613 of 1,064 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #524 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
359
-30 (-8%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 359 | 24.9 | 14.4:1 | 38% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 24.6 | 13.8:1 | 44% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 25.4 | 14.2:1 | 44% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 45% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 27.6 | 14.0:1 | 37% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 45% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 50% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 31% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 24 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Birnamwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (386 to 359); teachers down 10% (27.6 to 24.9).
About Birnamwood Elementary
Birnamwood Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Birnamwood, Wisconsin. It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 359 students.
Birnamwood Elementary reports to Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District, which has 3 schools and 1,151 students.
At Birnamwood Elementary, 88% of students are White. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. Census estimates put Shawano County at about 85% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Birnamwood Elementary scores 22%.
On staff are 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 14.7:1. About 38% of students at Birnamwood Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 47% average among public schools in Shawano County.
Birnamwood Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Birnamwood Elementary is +3.7 points: 58.3% actual, 54.6% predicted.
The county, Shawano County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $66,479 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Birnamwood Elementary, Shawano County has 17 public schools.
Hatley Elementary is the nearest public school to Birnamwood Elementary, about 6.8 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number 3. Birnamwood Elementary comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell 8% over 4 years, reaching 359 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Birnamwood Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Shawano County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,039
Census ACS
Median income
$66,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,832 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District
- Wittenberg ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Wittenberg-Birnamwood HighHigh · 343 students
Nearby schools
- Hatley Elementary6.8 mi · 136
- Wittenberg-Birnamwood High7.1 mi · 343
- Wittenberg Elementary7.4 mi · 449
- Bowler High12.2 mi · 138
- Bowler Elementary12.2 mi · 156
- Riverside Elementary12.8 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Birnamwood ElementaryHow many students attend Birnamwood Elementary?
Birnamwood Elementary enrolls approximately 359 students in grades PK-08.
Is Birnamwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Birnamwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Birnamwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Birnamwood Elementary is approximately 14.4:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Birnamwood Elementary?
Birnamwood Elementary reports a student body of 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Birnamwood Elementary in?
Birnamwood Elementary is part of Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.