Black Creek Elementary

Set in Black Creek, Wisconsin, Black Creek Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school, overseen by Seymour Community School District. It enrolls 345 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Seymour Community School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,772 students; Black Creek Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Black Creek Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 35% of students at Black Creek Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Black Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.3%, the actual is 53.5%, a residual of -2.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Outagamie County put median household earnings sit near $85,069, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Outagamie County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students), of which Black Creek Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Seymour High, around 5.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Black Creek Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Black Creek Elementary's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 345). Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Black Creek Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.