Enrollment
192
Elementary
DISTRICT 203 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550486000525
Frederic Elementary
305 Birch St, Frederic, WI 54837 · (715) 327-4221 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
102 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 28 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Frederic Elementary→Frederic 6-12 School
Based on grade levels within Frederic School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -7.7pp since 2023
Math
48.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 60.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Frederic Elementary
Frederic Elementary's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederic Elementary this school | 192 | 53.1% | 61.9% |
| Bluff View Elementary Prairie du Chien | 190 | 52.1% | 60.6% |
| Juda Elementary Juda | 178 | 53.4% | 60.1% |
| Wausaukee Elementary Wausaukee | 168 | 53.6% | 31.3% |
| Stetsonville Elementary Stetsonville | 203 | 52.2% | 67.9% |
| Kickapoo Elementary Viola | 204 | 52.5% | 45.6% |
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 Frederic Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #360 of 982 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #612 of 992 ▼ 183 | #7 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #449 of 992 ▼ 139 | #7 of 9 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 192 | #919 of 1,157 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #361 of 1,064 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #309 of 664 | #7 of 9 |
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
192
-19 (-9%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 192 | 17.3 | 11.1:1 | 53% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 18 | 10.5:1 | 56% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 18.9 | 11.0:1 | 53% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 211 | 18 | 11.7:1 | 55% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 19 | 12.0:1 | 51% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 240 | 18 | 13.3:1 | 63% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 251 | 18 | 13.9:1 | 65% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 290 | 22 | 13.2:1 | 36% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 23 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frederic Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (228 to 192); teachers down 9% (19 to 17.3).
About Frederic Elementary
Frederic Elementary is a small elementary school in Wisconsin, located in Frederic. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 192 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 41% below average.
Frederic School District, which runs Frederic Elementary, has 2 schools and 406 students.
Of every 100 students at Frederic Elementary, about 91 are White. Smaller groups are 4% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put Polk County at about 94% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
Frederic Elementary lists 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.1 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. About 53% of students at Frederic Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 16 points above the 37% average for public schools in Polk County.
On the allk12 Grade, Frederic Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Frederic Elementary beats its 45.0% prediction with 61.9%, a top-10% result in Wisconsin.
The county, Polk County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $77,219, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Frederic Elementary, Polk County has 26 public schools.
Frederic 6-12 School, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Within ten miles of Frederic Elementary, there are 7 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Frederic Elementary places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 211 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 192 by 2024-25.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,555
Census ACS
Median income
$77,219
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
6,126 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Frederic 6-12 School0.6 mi · 214
- Luck Middle6.6 mi · 82
- Luck High6.6 mi · 102
- Luck Elementary6.6 mi · 174
- Nelson Elementary9.3 mi · 95
- Siren Elementary9.4 mi · 172
Frequently asked questions
About Frederic ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Frederic Elementary?
Frederic Elementary enrolls approximately 192 students in grades PK-05.
Is Frederic Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frederic Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Frederic Elementary have?
Frederic Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
How diverse is Frederic Elementary?
Frederic Elementary reports a student body of 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Frederic Elementary?
Frederic Elementary is overseen by Frederic School District in Polk County.
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