East Elementary

Located at 220 7th Ave, in Antigo, Wisconsin, East Elementary is a close-knit K-5 school that instructs 198 students (grades pre-K through 3), run under Antigo Unified School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so East Elementary sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

East Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Antigo Unified School District, a district that serves 1,769 students overall.

On the student-mix side, East Elementary records that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 2% Native American. By comparison, Langlade County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, East Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting East Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, East Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.9%; this one delivers 56.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Langlade County put median household earnings sit near $55,878, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. East Elementary is one of 11 public schools in Langlade County (combined enrollment of about 2,184 students).

Antigo Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 58%: 125 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 97% to 80%.

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