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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