Drummond Elementary

Drummond Elementary is a cozy K-5 school in Drummond, Wisconsin, part of Drummond Area School District. The school caters to 156 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 52% smaller than typical.

Drummond Area School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 301 students. Drummond Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Drummond Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Bayfield County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Drummond Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Drummond Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 65.8%, a residual of +15.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Bayfield County shows median household earnings sit near $71,151, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Bayfield County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,540 students), Drummond Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Drummond Junior High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Drummond Elementary. On composite proficiency, Drummond Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Drummond Elementary's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 193 (now 156).

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