Elmwood High

As an one-room-style senior high in Elmwood, Wisconsin, Elmwood High works with 90 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Elmwood School District. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 81% below typical.

Across the 4 schools in Elmwood School District (330 students total), Elmwood High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Elmwood High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Elmwood High has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Elmwood High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Pierce County runs at roughly 23%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Elmwood High sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 55.1%; actual is 71.3%, +16.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pierce County put the typical household earns roughly $92,109 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Pierce County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,419 students), Elmwood High is one campus in the mix.

Western Wisconsin Virtual Charter School (WWVC) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Elmwood High comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elmwood High has expanded 23%, going from 73 students in 2018 to 90 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 97% to 92%.

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