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If you had an hour of school board time for Grant Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHFIELD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550882001016
Grant Elementary
425 W Upham St, Marshfield, WI 54449 · (715) 384-4747 · Wood County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
187 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 48% smaller than its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Marshfield Unified School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
60.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 60.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 64.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
Schools most like Grant Elementary
Grant Elementary's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Elementary this school | 554 | 33.8% | 67.0% |
| Altoona Elementary Altoona | 555 | 33.5% | 57.6% |
| New Richmond Hillside Elementary New Richmond | 570 | 35.1% | 54.7% |
| New Richmond Starr Elementary New Richmond | 555 | 29.7% | 65.1% |
| Minocqua Elementary Minocqua | 506 | 32.4% | 68.0% |
| Glenbrook Elementary Pulaski | 519 | 28.9% | 61.7% |
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 Grant Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Wood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #255 of 982 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #378 of 992 ▼ 35 | #5 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #324 of 992 ▼ 46 | #3 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #94 of 1,157 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #722 of 901 | #14 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #682 of 901 | #10 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #679 of 1,064 | #14 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #262 of 664 | #5 of 12 |
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
554
-64 (-10%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 554 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 34% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 37.2 | 15.7:1 | 34% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 36.8 | 16.4:1 | 35% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 34% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 31% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 39 | 17.4:1 | 35% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 33% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 682 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 11% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (674 to 554); teachers down 5% (38 to 36).
About Grant Elementary
Grant Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Marshfield, Wisconsin. It enrolls 554 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6. It has 72% more students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
The district, Marshfield Unified School District, operates 8 schools serving 3,553 students.
White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 24%.
Grant Elementary lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.4 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 34% of the student body. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in Wood County is 9 points.
Grant Elementary scores 67.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.9%.
For Wood County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $67,989 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Wood County number 32, with about 10,849 students.
The closest school to Grant Elementary is Marshfield High, located about 1.1 miles away. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Grant Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 67.0% is above the 62.3% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Grant Elementary in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Grant Elementary had a net loss of 64 students, or 10%. The school's ratio dropped from 16.7:1 to 15.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Wood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,004
Census ACS
Median income
$67,989
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
10,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marshfield Unified School District
- Marshfield HighHigh · 1,181 students
- Marshfield MiddleMiddle · 537 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 295 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Nasonville ElementaryElementary · 231 students
Other schools in Marshfield
- Marshfield HighHigh · 1,181 students
- Marshfield MiddleMiddle · 537 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 295 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Nasonville ElementaryElementary · 231 students
Other Grant Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 13 states are named Grant Elementary. Grant Elementary is the 5th largest of the 35.
- Grant ElementarySheboygan, WI · 337 students
- Grant ElementaryKenosha, WI · 289 students
- Grant ElementaryWisconsin Rapids, WI · 267 students
- Grant ElementaryWausau, WI · 189 students
- Grant ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 951 students
Nearby schools
- Marshfield High1.1 mi · 1,181
- Madison Elementary1.1 mi · 295
- Marshfield K41.6 mi · 158
- Marshfield Middle1.7 mi · 537
- Washington Elementary2.1 mi · 316
- Lincoln Elementary2.1 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Grant ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Grant Elementary?
Grant Elementary enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-06.
Is Grant Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grant Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grant Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grant Elementary is approximately 15.4:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grant Elementary?
At Grant Elementary, the student body is approximately 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Grant Elementary public or private?
Grant Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marshfield Unified School District.
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