Enrollment
181
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551590002048
Franklin Elementary
1509 N 5th St, Wausau, WI 54403 · (715) 261-0000 · Marathon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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.
- B-Beats 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
10.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
125 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 34.4% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 181 | 69.1% | 39.6% |
| Cooper Elementary Sheboygan | 256 | 71.9% | 37.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary Wausau | 204 | 75.0% | 37.5% |
| Prairie Ridge Early Learning School Eau Claire | 248 | 63.7% | N/A |
| Johnston Elementary Appleton | 286 | 57.7% | 46.6% |
| James Madison Elementary Sheboygan | 327 | 74.6% | 48.6% |
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 Franklin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Marathon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #760 of 982 | #23 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #819 of 992 ▼ 20 | #25 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #711 of 992 ▼ 16 | #21 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #942 of 1,157 | #23 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #189 of 1,064 | #3 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.9% | #26 of 664 | #1 of 22 |
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
181
-32 (-15%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 181 | 17.3 | 10.5:1 | 69% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 191 | 19.6 | 9.7:1 | 77% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 19.6 | 10.3:1 | 72% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 21 | 10.1:1 | 67% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 27.6 | 10.9:1 | 61% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 26 | 11.9:1 | 68% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 29 | 11.5:1 | 52% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 33% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 23 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (301 to 181); teachers down 38% (27.6 to 17.3).
About Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary is a public small elementary school in Wausau, Wisconsin. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 181 students. Against the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, enrollment here is 44% lower.
Besides Franklin Elementary, Wausau School District runs 20 other schools. The district enrolls 7,738 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Franklin Elementary, at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 87%. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Franklin Elementary operates with 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin have 14.7:1, compared with 10.5:1 here. Franklin Elementary reports 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 37% average for public schools in Marathon County is 32 points lower.
Franklin Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Franklin Elementary would be expected to post about 35.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.6%.
In Marathon County (population about 138,403), the median household income is $77,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Franklin Elementary is one of 52 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Grant Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Franklin Elementary is behind the 52.0% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
Franklin Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment has fallen by 32 students since 2020-21, to 181.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Franklin Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Marathon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
138,403
Census ACS
Median income
$77,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
18,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wausau School District
- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Other schools in Wausau
- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 71st largest of the 75.
- Franklin ElementaryManitowoc, WI · 356 students
- Franklin ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 311 students
- Franklin ElementaryMadison, WI · 308 students
- Franklin ElementaryOshkosh, WI · 308 students
- Franklin ElementaryAppleton, WI · 277 students
Nearby schools
- Grant Elementary0.8 mi · 189
- Wausau Area Virtual Education1.1 mi · 152
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary1.2 mi · 372
- Wausau Area Montessori Charter School1.2 mi · 121
- Horace Mann Middle1.2 mi · 635
- Hawthorn Hills Elementary1.3 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 181 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Franklin Elementary serve?
Franklin Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Franklin Elementary have?
Franklin Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Elementary?
Student demographics at Franklin Elementary are roughly 49% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 28% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Franklin Elementary public or private?
Franklin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wausau School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.