Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 131 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORNELL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550288000323
Cornell Elementary
111 S 4th St, Cornell, WI 54732 · (715) 861-6947 · Chippewa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 35 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 Cornell School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
88.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 up about 10 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.9% | 88.2% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 77.9% |
% 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Cornell Elementary
Cornell Elementary's state test result (75.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell Elementary this school | 209 | 1.4% | 75.4% |
| North Cape Elementary Franksville | 194 | 6.7% | 71.5% |
| New Leaf Prep Academy Green Bay | 225 | 4.4% | 53.7% |
| Houlton Elementary Houlton | 217 | 8.8% | 84.9% |
| Stone Bank Elementary Oconomowoc | 241 | 9.5% | 76.2% |
| Phillips Elementary Phillips | 302 | 1.0% | 53.7% |
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 Cornell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Chippewa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #97 of 982 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.2% | #9 of 992 ▲ 92 | #1 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #104 of 992 ▲ 170 | #1 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #879 of 1,157 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #477 of 901 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #883 of 901 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.4% | #1,057 of 1,064 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #152 of 240 | 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
209
+50 (+31%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 209 | 15.6 | 13.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 16.6 | 12.3:1 | 64% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 214 | 16.4 | 13.0:1 | 64% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 159 | 14 | 11.4:1 | 57% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 200 | 12.6 | 15.9:1 | 67% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 204 | 13 | 15.7:1 | 67% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 59% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 309 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 38% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 22 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cornell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (200 to 209); teachers up 24% (12.6 to 15.6).
About Cornell Elementary
Cornell Elementary is a small elementary school with its address in Cornell, Wisconsin. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 209 students. The school's enrollment is 35% smaller than the 323 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Cornell Elementary is one school in a 3-school district, Cornell School District, which enrolls 392 students.
The student body at Cornell Elementary is 95% White. Other groups include 2% multiracial. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school. Cornell Elementary's diversity index is 10%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Cornell Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.4:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 1%. For comparison, public schools in Chippewa County average 38%.
Cornell Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cornell Elementary is 1.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (75.4% versus 76.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Within Chippewa County, the median household income is $74,680, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Cornell Elementary, Chippewa County has 27 other public schools.
The closest public school, Cornell Middle, is about 0.2 miles from Cornell Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Ranked by average proficiency, Cornell Elementary places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
The school enrolled 209 students in 2024-25, 50 more than the 159 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.4:1 to 13.4:1.
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Chippewa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,799
Census ACS
Median income
$74,680
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,353 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cornell School District
- Cornell HighHigh · 100 students
- Cornell MiddleMiddle · 83 students
Other schools in Cornell
- Cornell HighHigh · 100 students
- Cornell MiddleMiddle · 83 students
Other Cornell Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Cornell Elementary. Cornell Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Cornell ElementaryAlbany, CA · 560 students
- Cornell Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IA · 555 students
- Cornell Elementary SchoolOKEMOS, MI · 439 students
- Cornell Elementary SchoolCoraopolis, PA · 289 students
- Cornell Elementary SchoolCornell, IL · 114 students
Nearby schools
- Cornell Middle0.2 mi · 83
- Cornell High0.2 mi · 100
- Holcombe Elementary4.0 mi · 106
- Holcombe High4.0 mi · 86
- Lake Holcombe Middle4.0 mi · 52
- Jim Falls Elementary10.6 mi · 117
Frequently asked questions
About Cornell ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cornell Elementary?
Cornell Elementary enrolls approximately 209 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cornell Elementary serve?
Cornell Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cornell Elementary have?
Cornell Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Cornell Elementary?
Student demographics at Cornell Elementary are roughly 95% White, 0% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cornell Elementary?
Cornell Elementary is overseen by Cornell School District in Chippewa County.
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