Enrollment
197
Elementary
DISTRICT 123 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550465000489
Florence Elementary
5844 Bill Anderson Dr, Florence, WI 54121 · (920) 855-2114 · Florence County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
92 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Florence County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
43.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 43.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 49.5% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Florence Elementary
Florence Elementary's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Elementary this school | 197 | 46.7% | 46.4% |
| River Ridge Elementary Patch Grove | 190 | 46.8% | 64.8% |
| Luck Elementary Luck | 174 | 44.3% | 44.9% |
| Loyal Elementary Loyal | 183 | 42.6% | 52.6% |
| Rib Lake Elementary Rib Lake | 239 | 48.1% | 77.3% |
| Black Hawk Elementary South Wayne | 163 | 46.6% | 67.3% |
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 Florence Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #677 of 982 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #688 of 992 ▼ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #635 of 992 ▲ 86 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #906 of 1,157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #471 of 1,064 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #391 of 664 |
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
197
-19 (-9%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 197 | 20 | 9.8:1 | 47% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 204 | 18.5 | 11.0:1 | 50% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 19 | 11.1:1 | 48% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 17 | 12.7:1 | 52% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 18.8 | 12.0:1 | 54% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 228 | 19 | 12.0:1 | 57% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 56% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 275 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 39% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 18 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Florence Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (225 to 197); teachers up 7% (18.8 to 20).
About Florence Elementary
Florence Elementary is a small elementary school in Florence, Wisconsin. The school had 197 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323, so this school runs 39% smaller than that.
The 3 schools of Florence County School District, including Florence Elementary, enroll 369 students.
The student body at Florence Elementary is 91% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Hispanic and 3% Native American. That is close to the 95% White share among all Florence County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 9.8 students per teacher and 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 4.9 below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 47%.
Florence Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Florence Elementary's results are 2.5 points below predicted: 46.4% against 49.0%.
Florence Elementary is located in Florence County, where the median household income is $61,086, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Florence Elementary is one of 3 public schools in the county.
Florence Middle is located about 0.4 miles from Florence Elementary. The five-mile area around Florence Elementary holds 2 other public schools. Florence Elementary comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment dropped 9% from its 2020-21 level of 216. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.7:1 to 9.8:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Florence Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Florence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,646
Census ACS
Median income
$61,086
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
369 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Florence County School District
- Florence HighHigh · 116 students
- Florence MiddleMiddle · 56 students
Other schools in Florence
- Florence HighHigh · 116 students
- Florence MiddleMiddle · 56 students
Other Florence Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Florence Elementary. Florence Elementary is the 9th largest of the 10.
- Florence ElementaryHigh Point, NC · 628 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolFlorence, KY · 610 students
- Florence ElementaryFlorence, MS · 537 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolFLORENCE, TX · 523 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 509 students
Nearby schools
- Florence Middle0.4 mi · 56
- Florence High0.4 mi · 116
- Woodland Elementary School11.1 mi · 771
- Central Middle School11.5 mi · 109
- East Elementary School11.5 mi · 99
- Iron Mountain High School11.5 mi · 243
Frequently asked questions
About Florence ElementaryHow many students attend Florence Elementary?
Florence Elementary enrolls approximately 197 students in grades PK-06.
Is Florence Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Florence Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Florence Elementary have?
Florence Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Florence Elementary?
Student demographics at Florence Elementary are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is Florence Elementary in?
Florence Elementary is part of Florence County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.