Cameron Elementary

Cameron Elementary, a mid-sized elementary-level community in Cameron, Wisconsin, part of Cameron School District, instructs 432 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Cameron Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Cameron School District, a district that instructs 1,202 students overall.

On demographics, Cameron Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Barron County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Cameron Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.4%, the actual is 66.0%, a residual of +10.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Barron County shows median household income runs about $65,933, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Barron County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students), of which Cameron Elementary is one.

North Star Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cameron Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.6%.

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

Five-year trend. Cameron Elementary's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 462 (now 432). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.