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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRANDON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550291000326
Crandon Elementary
9750 US Highway 8 W, Crandon, WI 54520 · (715) 478-6123 · Forest County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
75 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 47 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 Crandon School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
33.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
26.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.5% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 38.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 66% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Crandon Elementary
Crandon Elementary's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crandon Elementary this school | 396 | 18.9% | 34.5% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Oneida | 434 | 18.4% | 64.9% |
| Cooper Elementary Superior | 363 | 11.6% | 56.8% |
| Northern Lights Elementary Superior | 453 | 15.2% | 43.5% |
| Forest Edge Elementary School Fitchburg | 446 | 16.8% | 76.7% |
| Great Lakes Elementary Superior | 348 | 13.8% | 61.4% |
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 Crandon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #809 of 982 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #853 of 992 ▼ 88 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #800 of 992 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #354 of 1,157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #342 of 901 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #203 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #902 of 1,064 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #408 of 664 |
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
396
-34 (-8%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 396 | 31.7 | 12.5:1 | 19% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 32.9 | 12.2:1 | 27% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 34% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 15% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 35.1 | 12.8:1 | 40% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 30% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 47% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 479 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 43% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 22 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crandon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (448 to 396); teachers down 10% (35.1 to 31.7).
About Crandon Elementary
Crandon Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Crandon, Wisconsin. It has an enrollment of 396 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 23% larger than average.
Within Crandon School District, Crandon Elementary is one of 3 schools. The district enrolls 803 students.
At Crandon Elementary, 54% of students are White. It is also 29% Native American, 14% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Forest County is roughly 78% White. The diversity index for Crandon Elementary is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Crandon Elementary has 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.5:1. The school's 12.5:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 19%. The gap from the 39% average for public schools in Forest County is 20 points.
Crandon Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 7% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Crandon Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.0%. The school's actual rate is 34.5%, 31.5 points lower.
The school is in Forest County, where the median household earns about $61,071 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Forest County, 7 public schools serve about 1,483 students.
Crandon Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Crandon Elementary is 9th on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 430 to 396.
The discussion board for Crandon Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Forest County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,369
Census ACS
Median income
$61,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,483 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crandon School District
- Crandon HighHigh · 226 students
- Crandon MiddleMiddle · 181 students
Other schools in Crandon
- Crandon HighHigh · 226 students
- Crandon MiddleMiddle · 181 students
Nearby schools
- Crandon Middle0.0 mi · 181
- Crandon High0.0 mi · 226
- Robinson Elementary12.5 mi · 145
- Laona High12.5 mi · 146
- Elcho Middle15.6 mi · 48
- Elcho Elementary15.6 mi · 127
Frequently asked questions
About Crandon ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Crandon Elementary?
Crandon Elementary enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Crandon Elementary serve?
Crandon Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Crandon Elementary?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Crandon Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crandon Elementary?
At Crandon Elementary, the student body is approximately 54% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 14% Two or more.
What district is Crandon Elementary in?
Crandon Elementary is part of Crandon School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.