Fort Howard Elementary

Set in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Fort Howard Elementary is an intimate elementary campus, part of Green Bay Area Public School District. It teaches 241 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Green Bay Area Public School District runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 18,722 students. Fort Howard Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Fort Howard Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (29%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 20% multiracial, 18% White, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fort Howard Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Brown County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fort Howard Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 23.4%; Fort Howard Elementary posts 39.8%, +16.3 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Brown County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,649 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Fort Howard Elementary is one of 86 public schools in Brown County (combined enrollment of about 42,385 students).

The closest other public school is GBAPS Community 4K Site, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fort Howard Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 40.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Fort Howard Elementary's enrollment has edged up 39% since 2018, when it stood at 174 (now 241). Black enrollment moved from 19% to 24% across the same window.

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