G D Jones Elementary

G D Jones Elementary is one of the large K-5 schools in Wausau, Wisconsin, operated by Wausau School District, with 492 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 52% above typical.

G D Jones Elementary is one of 21 schools operated by Wausau School District, a district that enrolls 7,738 students overall.

On the student-mix side, G D Jones Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Asian, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Marathon County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at G D Jones Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marathon County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, G D Jones Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.

Around the school, Marathon County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,884, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Marathon County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students), of which G D Jones Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, G D Jones Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at G D Jones Elementary has edged down 23%, going from 635 students in 2018 to 492 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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