Crescent Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Crescent Elementary enrolls 384 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Rhinelander School District.

Crescent Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Rhinelander School District, a district that serves 2,224 students overall.

Demographically, Crescent Elementary logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, Crescent Elementary logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oneida County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crescent Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.2%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of -2.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Oneida County put the typical household earns roughly $69,371 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Crescent Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Oneida County (combined enrollment of about 3,949 students).

The closest other public school is Central Elementary, roughly 1.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Crescent Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crescent Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.9%.

Crescent Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Crescent Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 377 (now 384). Class-load math has fell: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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