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What's one thing Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHETEK-WEYERHAEUSER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550006102805
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary
1201 6th St, Chetek, WI 54728 · (715) 924-2244 · Barron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 71.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
193 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 51 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
59.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 59.1% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 53.4% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary this school | 429 | 45.0% | 61.3% |
| Colfax Elementary Colfax | 398 | 45.7% | 62.6% |
| Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle Livingston | 423 | 45.4% | 61.0% |
| Stanley Elementary Stanley | 437 | 48.3% | 66.9% |
| Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River Eagle River | 484 | 45.2% | 52.8% |
| Neillsville Elementary Neillsville | 399 | 47.9% | 57.1% |
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 Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Barron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #378 of 982 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #406 of 992 ▲ 164 | #3 of 9 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #417 of 992 ▼ 87 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #284 of 1,157 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #487 of 901 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.5% | #840 of 901 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #499 of 1,064 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #385 of 664 | #3 of 7 |
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
429
-37 (-8%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 429 | 32 | 13.4:1 | 45% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 48% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 32.4 | 14.7:1 | 47% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 46% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 31.4 | 15.7:1 | 41% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 49% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 53% (252) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (491 to 429); teachers up 2% (31.4 to 32).
About Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Chetek, Wisconsin. It reports enrollment of 429 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 33% above the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District has 924 students spread across 4 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary is White, at 92%. The school is also 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among Barron County residents, the White share is about 92%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary scores 15%.
Its ratio of 13.4:1 is based on 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 45%.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 61.3% actual against 50.0% predicted.
For Barron County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $65,933, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 36 public schools in the county, enrolling about 7,199, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary among them.
Measured in a straight line, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High is about 0.5 miles from Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary's location as Rural: Remote.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 429, compared with 466 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.5:1 to 13.4:1.
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Barron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,797
Census ACS
Median income
$65,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
7,199 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser HighHigh · 254 students
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser MiddleMiddle · 204 students
- Link2Learn Virtual Charter SchoolCombined · 37 students
Other schools in Chetek
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser HighHigh · 254 students
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser MiddleMiddle · 204 students
- Link2Learn Virtual Charter SchoolCombined · 37 students
Nearby schools
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High0.5 mi · 254
- Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle0.5 mi · 204
- Link2Learn Virtual Charter School0.5 mi · 37
- Cameron Academy of Virtual Education6.9 mi · 134
- Cameron High6.9 mi · 279
- Cameron Middle7.0 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary?
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary enrolls approximately 429 students in grades PK-05.
Is Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary have?
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary?
At Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary?
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary is overseen by Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District in Barron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.