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What do you wish you knew before starting at Fall Creek Elementary?
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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FALL CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550450000480
Fall Creek Elementary
336 E Hoover Ave, Fall Creek, WI 54742 · (715) 877-3331 · Eau Claire County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
109 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (74).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Fall Creek School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 44.3% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fall Creek Elementary
Fall Creek Elementary's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Elementary this school | 414 | 26.3% | 50.3% |
| Schultz Elementary Mishicot | 455 | 27.9% | 53.1% |
| Zielanis Elementary Kiel | 412 | 23.5% | 67.8% |
| Auburndale Elementary Auburndale | 421 | 27.1% | 67.6% |
| Poynette Elementary Poynette | 416 | 22.6% | 68.1% |
| Tibbets Elementary Elkhorn | 431 | 23.9% | 80.7% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fall Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Eau Claire County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #623 of 982 | #14 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #604 of 992 ▲ 92 | #15 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #601 of 992 ▲ 13 | #13 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #315 of 1,157 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #833 of 901 | #17 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.8% | #884 of 901 | #17 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #793 of 1,064 | #18 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #180 of 240 | #6 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
414
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 414 | 23.8 | 17.4:1 | 26% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 26.3 | 17.5:1 | 32% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 26.3 | 16.9:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 14% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 25.8 | 15.6:1 | 27% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 30% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 31% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 24 | 16.7:1 | 21% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 21 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fall Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (401 to 414); teachers down 7% (25.8 to 23.8).
About Fall Creek Elementary
Fall Creek Elementary sits in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, and is classified as an elementary school. It has an enrollment of 414 students in pre-K through 4. That compares with an average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Fall Creek School District is responsible for 3 schools, Fall Creek Elementary included, with 949 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Fall Creek Elementary, about 95 are White. After that, the student body is 2% Hispanic. A diversity index of 10% means there is a 10% chance two randomly chosen students at Fall Creek Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.4 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Eau Claire County average 37%.
Fall Creek Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 19% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 61.5%.
In the surrounding county, Eau Claire County, median household income comes to about $74,546, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 36 public schools and about 14,002 students.
Fall Creek Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Fall Creek Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Fall Creek Elementary, there are 3 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 50.3% is below the 50.9% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Fall Creek Elementary in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 4%. The school's ratio increased from 14.8:1 to 17.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Eau Claire County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,116
Census ACS
Median income
$74,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
14,002 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fall Creek School District
- Fall Creek HighHigh · 270 students
- Fall Creek MiddleMiddle · 265 students
Other schools in Fall Creek
- Fall Creek HighHigh · 270 students
- Fall Creek MiddleMiddle · 265 students
Other Fall Creek Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Fall Creek Elementary. Fall Creek Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Fall Creek Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 761 students
- Fall Creek Elementary SchoolFishers, IN · 525 students
- Fall Creek ElementaryEast Bend, NC · 251 students
- FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLITHACA, NY · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Fall Creek Middle0.0 mi · 265
- Fall Creek High0.0 mi · 270
- Wildlands Charter School3.9 mi · 72
- Altoona Elementary7.3 mi · 555
- Augusta Middle8.2 mi · 109
- Augusta High8.2 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About Fall Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fall Creek Elementary?
Fall Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Fall Creek Elementary serve?
Fall Creek Elementary serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fall Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fall Creek Elementary is approximately 17.4:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fall Creek Elementary?
At Fall Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Fall Creek Elementary public or private?
Fall Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fall Creek School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.