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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
265
+1 (+0%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 9.7:1
% White
88%
was 83%
% Hispanic
6%
was 13%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Gibraltar Elementary
Gibraltar Elementary is a tight-knit elementary school in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, part of Gibraltar Area School District. The school hosts 265 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within Gibraltar Area School District, which oversees 3 schools and 532 students, Gibraltar Elementary is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Gibraltar Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Door County's rate of about 36%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gibraltar 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 61.2%; Gibraltar Elementary posts 82.7%, +21.5 points above that line.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Door County put the typical household earns roughly $74,795 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Door County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,203 students), of which Gibraltar Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Gibraltar High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Gibraltar Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gibraltar Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 72.0%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gibraltar Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 264 students in 2018 to 265 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 6% across the same window.
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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 Elementary16.6 mi · 230
- Sevastopol Pre-School16.6 mi · 27
- Sevastopol Middle16.6 mi · 140
- Sevastopol High16.6 mi · 209
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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