Enrollment
189
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551590002050
Grant Elementary
500 N 4th Ave, Wausau, WI 54401 · (715) 261-0190 · Marathon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL189 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
111 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
54.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.1% | 54.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 44.0% |
% 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 (51.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Elementary this school | 189 | 58.7% | 51.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Wausau | 372 | 61.0% | 61.0% |
| Cooper Elementary Sheboygan | 256 | 71.9% | 37.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary Wausau | 204 | 75.0% | 37.5% |
| Wilson Elementary Sheboygan | 472 | 70.8% | 58.1% |
| Franklin Elementary Wausau | 181 | 69.1% | 39.6% |
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 Marathon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #599 of 982 | #18 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #517 of 992 ▲ 183 | #15 of 25 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #442 of 992 ▲ 207 | #11 of 25 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 189 | #929 of 1,157 | #22 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #290 of 1,064 | #6 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #175 of 664 | #5 of 22 |
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
189
+10 (+6%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 189 | 18.7 | 10.1:1 | 59% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 172 | 17.7 | 9.7:1 | 66% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 181 | 16.3 | 11.1:1 | 64% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 16 | 11.2:1 | 70% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 22 | 11.1:1 | 66% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 225 | 21 | 10.7:1 | 57% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 182 | 19 | 9.6:1 | 66% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 196 | 18 | 10.9:1 | 33% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 21 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (244 to 189); teachers down 15% (22 to 18.7).
About Grant Elementary
Grant Elementary is a public elementary school run by Wausau School District in Wausau, Wisconsin. A federal count lists 189 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
Wausau School District has 21 schools; together they serve 7,738 students.
Asian students form the largest group at Grant Elementary, 41% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 35% White, 13% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of Marathon County's population at about 6%. Grant Elementary has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 10.1:1 comes from the school's 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 59% of students at Grant Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Marathon County is 37%.
The allk12 Grade for Grant Elementary is B-. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Grant Elementary is 9.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (51.4% versus 41.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
According to the American Community Survey, in Marathon County, median household income is about $77,884, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 52 public schools operate in Marathon County, serving about 18,592 students.
The school nearest to Grant Elementary is West High, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Grant Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Grant Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 179 in 2020-21 and 189 in 2024-25, a increase of 10 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.2:1 to 10.1:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marathon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
138,403
Census ACS
Median income
$77,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
18,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wausau School District
- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Other schools in Wausau
- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Other Grant Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 13 states are named Grant Elementary. Grant Elementary is the 33rd largest of the 35.
- Grant ElementaryMarshfield, WI · 554 students
- Grant ElementarySheboygan, WI · 337 students
- Grant ElementaryKenosha, WI · 289 students
- Grant ElementaryWisconsin Rapids, WI · 267 students
- Grant ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 951 students
Nearby schools
- West High0.6 mi · 1,470
- Franklin Elementary0.8 mi · 181
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 372
- John Muir Middle0.9 mi · 967
- Lincoln Elementary1.0 mi · 204
- Wausau Area Virtual Education1.4 mi · 152
Frequently asked questions
About Grant ElementaryHow many students attend Grant Elementary?
Grant Elementary enrolls approximately 189 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Grant Elementary serve?
Grant Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Grant Elementary?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Grant Elementary.
How diverse is Grant Elementary?
Grant Elementary reports a student body of 35% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 41% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Grant Elementary public or private?
Grant Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wausau School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.