Crandon Elementary

Crandon Elementary, a mid-tier K-5 school in Crandon, Wisconsin, run under Crandon School District, hosts 396 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Crandon School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 803 students. Crandon Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Crandon Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% Native American, 14% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Forest County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Crandon Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Forest County's rate of about 39%.

After controlling for student poverty, Crandon Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 66.0%; this one comes in at 34.5%, -31.5 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Forest County shows median household earnings sit near $61,071, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Forest County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,483 students), Crandon Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Crandon High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Crandon Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crandon Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Crandon Elementary's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 396).

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