Enrollment
52
Elementary
DISTRICT 43 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GILMANTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550537000573
Gilmanton Elementary
W756 County Road Z, Gilmanton, WI 54743 · (715) 946-3158 · Buffalo County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL52 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
16 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 Gilmanton School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +25.5pp since 2023
Math
47.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +20.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 26 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 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
52
-10 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.7:1
% White
92%
was 94%
% Hispanic
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Gilmanton Elementary
Gilmanton Elementary is one of the rural-scale K-5 schools in Gilmanton, Wisconsin, overseen by Gilmanton School District, with 52 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Gilmanton Elementary sits 84% below that benchmark.
Gilmanton School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 128 students. Gilmanton Elementary is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Gilmanton Elementary logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Gilmanton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.
Across the wider county, census data for Buffalo County shows median household earnings sit near $70,479, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Gilmanton Elementary is one of 10 public schools in Buffalo County (combined enrollment of about 1,850 students).
The closest other public school is Gilmanton High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gilmanton Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Over the past 7-year window. Gilmanton Elementary's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 62 (now 52).
On this page, members of the Gilmanton Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Buffalo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,393
Census ACS
Median income
$70,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,850 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gilmanton School District
- Gilmanton HighHigh · 39 students
- Gilmanton MiddleMiddle · 37 students
Other schools in Gilmanton
- Gilmanton HighHigh · 39 students
- Gilmanton MiddleMiddle · 37 students
Nearby schools
- Gilmanton High0.4 mi · 39
- Gilmanton Middle0.4 mi · 37
- Mondovi High6.8 mi · 255
- Mondovi Middle6.8 mi · 197
- Mondovi Elementary6.8 mi · 491
- Anthony Acres School12.9 mi · 48
Frequently asked questions
About Gilmanton ElementaryHow large is Gilmanton Elementary?
Gilmanton Elementary enrolls approximately 52 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Gilmanton Elementary serve?
Gilmanton Elementary serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Gilmanton Elementary?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Gilmanton Elementary.
How diverse is Gilmanton Elementary?
Gilmanton Elementary reports a student body of 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Gilmanton Elementary?
Gilmanton Elementary is overseen by Gilmanton School District in Buffalo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.