Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 177 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GIBRALTAR AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550522002245
Gibraltar Elementary
3924 State Highway 42, Fish Creek, WI 54212 · (920) 868-3284 · Door County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
9.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
71 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 43 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 Gibraltar Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
84.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
86.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.2% | 86.7% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 82.1% |
% 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
82.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% 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 22 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 Gibraltar Elementary
Gibraltar Elementary's state test result (82.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar Elementary this school | 265 | 26.8% | 82.7% |
| Oakfield Elementary Oakfield | 254 | 24.4% | 74.1% |
| Rosholt Elementary Rosholt | 259 | 28.6% | 51.9% |
| Jackson Elementary Jackson | 306 | 26.8% | 72.3% |
| Abrams Elementary Abrams | 287 | 25.4% | 68.8% |
| Edgar Elementary Edgar | 255 | 29.4% | 57.3% |
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 Gibraltar Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Door County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #20 of 982 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.7% | #18 of 992 ▲ 31 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #10 of 992 ▲ 39 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #727 of 1,157 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #32 of 901 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.7% | #708 of 901 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #784 of 1,064 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #231 of 240 | N/A |
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
265
+54 (+26%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 8.1:1
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 | 265 | 27.5 | 9.6:1 | 27% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 28 | 9.1:1 | 30% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 26.1 | 9.8:1 | 28% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 211 | 26 | 8.1:1 | 41% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 264 | 27.4 | 9.7:1 | 33% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 28 | 10.2:1 | 31% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 20 | 12.5:1 | 23% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 24 | 12.2:1 | 8% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 35 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gibraltar Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (264 to 265); teachers unchanged (27.4 to 27.5).
About Gibraltar Elementary
In Fish Creek, Wisconsin, Gibraltar Elementary is a small elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 265 students in pre-K through 5.
Gibraltar Elementary is run by Gibraltar Area School District, whose 3 schools enroll 532 students.
Gibraltar Elementary's enrollment is 88% White. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 23%, meaning two students picked at random have a 23% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Gibraltar Elementary and a ratio of 9.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 27% of enrollment. Public schools in Door County average 36%.
The allk12 Grade for Gibraltar Elementary is A+. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gibraltar Elementary is in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools: 82.7% actual against 61.2% predicted.
Within Door County, the median household income is $74,795, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Gibraltar Elementary, Door County has 15 other public schools.
The closest public school, Gibraltar High, is less than a tenth of a mile from Gibraltar Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 72.0%; Gibraltar Elementary's is 82.7%, ranking 3rd of 6.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, Gibraltar Elementary's enrollment climbed 26%, to 265. The number of students per teacher rose from 8.1 to 9.6 over 4 years.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Door County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,445
Census ACS
Median income
$74,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,203 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gibraltar Area School District
- Gibraltar HighHigh · 175 students
- Gibraltar MiddleMiddle · 92 students
Other schools in Fish Creek
- Gibraltar HighHigh · 175 students
- Gibraltar MiddleMiddle · 92 students
Nearby schools
- Gibraltar High0.0 mi · 175
- Gibraltar Middle0.0 mi · 92
- Sevastopol High16.6 mi · 209
- Sevastopol Pre-School16.6 mi · 27
- Sevastopol Middle16.6 mi · 140
- Sevastopol Elementary16.6 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Gibraltar ElementaryHow many students attend Gibraltar Elementary?
Gibraltar Elementary enrolls approximately 265 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Gibraltar Elementary serve?
Gibraltar Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gibraltar Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gibraltar Elementary is approximately 9.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Gibraltar Elementary?
Student demographics at Gibraltar Elementary are roughly 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Gibraltar Elementary in?
Gibraltar Elementary is part of Gibraltar Area School District.
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