Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550309000343
Cumberland Elementary
1530 2nd Ave, Cumberland, WI 54829 · (715) 822-5123 · Barron County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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.
- BBeats 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
10.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
165 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 51 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 8% smaller than its 4th grade class (63).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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 Cumberland School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
51.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 56.9% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Cumberland Elementary
Cumberland Elementary's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Elementary this school | 334 | 49.4% | 54.4% |
| Meadow View Primary Waupun | 324 | 46.6% | N/A |
| La Grange Elementary Tomah | 400 | 47.5% | 52.3% |
| Marinette Intermediate Marinette | 372 | 52.7% | 43.5% |
| Horace Mann Elementary Neenah | 401 | 50.1% | 48.3% |
| Marinette Primary Marinette | 390 | 52.1% | N/A |
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 Cumberland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Barron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #542 of 982 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #571 of 992 ▼ 62 | #6 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #531 of 992 ▲ 49 | #6 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #508 of 1,157 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #108 of 901 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #476 of 901 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #424 of 1,064 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #359 of 664 | #2 of 7 |
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
334
+34 (+11%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 334 | 31.1 | 10.8:1 | 49% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 31.1 | 11.2:1 | 50% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 29.4 | 12.2:1 | 49% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 27 | 11.1:1 | 39% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 25.8 | 15.0:1 | 44% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 50% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 50% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 24% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 31 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cumberland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (386 to 334); teachers up 20% (25.8 to 31.1).
About Cumberland Elementary
Cumberland Elementary is an elementary school in Cumberland, Wisconsin, reachable at (715) 822-5123. In all, 334 students attend the school in pre-K through 4.
In Cumberland School District, 4 schools enroll a combined 924 students.
The share of White students at Cumberland Elementary is 78%, a majority. The school is also 10% Hispanic, 7% Native American, and 3% multiracial. That is lower than the 92% White share among all Barron County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. The school has 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 4.0 students per teacher. In all, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Cumberland Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Cumberland Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.4% and a predicted 47.3%.
For Barron County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $65,933, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 36 public schools in the county, enrolling about 7,199, Cumberland Elementary among them.
Measured in a straight line, Cumberland High is about 0.7 miles from Cumberland Elementary. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Cumberland Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 11%, from 300 to 334.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Barron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,797
Census ACS
Median income
$65,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
7,199 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cumberland School District
- Cumberland HighHigh · 285 students
- Cumberland MiddleMiddle · 256 students
- Island City Virtual AcademyCombined · 49 students
- Island City AcademyCombined
Other schools in Cumberland
- Cumberland HighHigh · 285 students
- Cumberland MiddleMiddle · 256 students
- Island City Virtual AcademyCombined · 49 students
- Island City AcademyCombined
Other Cumberland Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Cumberland Elementary. Cumberland Elementary is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Cumberland ElementaryWhitefish Bay, WI · 624 students
- Cumberland ElementarySunnyvale, CA · 586 students
- Cumberland ElementaryCumberland, VA · 530 students
- Cumberland ElementaryNashville, TN · 452 students
- Cumberland Elementary SchoolCumberland, KY · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Cumberland High0.7 mi · 285
- Cumberland Middle0.8 mi · 256
- Island City Virtual Academy0.8 mi · 49
- Barron Area Montessori School8.4 mi · 59
- Turtle Lake Elementary11.2 mi · 215
- Turtle Lake High11.2 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About Cumberland ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cumberland Elementary?
Cumberland Elementary enrolls approximately 334 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Cumberland Elementary serve?
Cumberland Elementary serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Cumberland Elementary have?
Cumberland Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
How diverse is Cumberland Elementary?
Cumberland Elementary reports a student body of 78% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Cumberland Elementary public or private?
Cumberland Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.