Endeavor Elementary

Endeavor Elementary, an one-room-style elementary school in Endeavor, Wisconsin, part of Portage Community School District, enrolls 57 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 82% below the state mean of about 323.

Portage Community School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 1,956 students; Endeavor Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Endeavor Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 33% of students at Endeavor Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Marquette County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Endeavor 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 57.2%; this one delivers 86.8%, a residual of +29.6 points.

Across the wider county, Marquette County reports that median household income runs about $65,681, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marquette County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,592 students), of which Endeavor Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oxford Elementary, around 7.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Endeavor Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.2%.

Endeavor Elementary operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 34%: 87 students in 2018 compared to 57 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 21% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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