Cuba City Elementary

Cuba City Elementary is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Cuba City, Wisconsin, part of Cuba City School District, teacheing 288 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Cuba City School District, which oversees 3 schools and 679 students, Cuba City Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cuba City Elementary logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Grant County's rate of about 40%.

With demographic context factored in, Cuba City Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Grant County) shows that median household income runs about $66,858, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Grant County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,838 students), Cuba City Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cuba City Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Cuba City Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cuba City Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 35%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.