Fairview Elementary

Fairview Elementary, a very small K-5 school in Krakow, Wisconsin, run under Pulaski Community School District, instructs 99 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Fairview Elementary sits 69% smaller than that benchmark.

Pulaski Community School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,848 students. Fairview Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Fairview Elementary lists that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder looks like 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Oconto County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fairview Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.9:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Oconto County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fairview Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.4%; this one delivers 58.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Oconto County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $75,049 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Fairview Elementary is one of 18 public schools in Oconto County (combined enrollment of about 4,349 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sunnyside Elementary, around 7.4 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Fairview Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairview Elementary has contracted 36%, going from 155 students in 2018 to 99 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 1% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 in 2025.

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