Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 247 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISCONSIN RAPIDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551707002205
Grant Elementary
8511 County Road WW, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 · (715) 424-6766 · Portage County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
71 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Grant Elementary→Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle
Based on grade levels within Wisconsin Rapids School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
62.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.8% | 62.9% |
| 2023-24 | 54.4% | 63.2% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 (60.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Elementary this school | 267 | 26.6% | 60.5% |
| Abrams Elementary Abrams | 287 | 25.4% | 68.8% |
| Edgar Elementary Edgar | 255 | 29.4% | 57.3% |
| Gibraltar Elementary Fish Creek | 265 | 26.8% | 82.7% |
| Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary Hazel Green | 281 | 28.8% | 60.7% |
| Spring Valley Elementary Spring Valley | 317 | 28.4% | 71.0% |
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 Portage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #406 of 982 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #339 of 992 ▲ 29 | #2 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #385 of 992 ▲ 107 | #6 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #720 of 1,157 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #507 of 901 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #871 of 901 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.6% | #789 of 1,064 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #177 of 664 | #2 of 9 |
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
267
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 267 | 19.8 | 13.5:1 | 27% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 20.8 | 12.8:1 | 34% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 21.9 | 11.8:1 | 30% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 32% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 19.7 | 17.5:1 | 24% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 25% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 25% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 17 | 19.7:1 | 21% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 18 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (344 to 267); teachers up 1% (19.7 to 19.8).
About Grant Elementary
Grant Elementary, located in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 267 students are in pre-K through 5.
Wisconsin Rapids School District counts 12 schools and 4,578 students, including Grant Elementary.
At Grant Elementary, White students make up 94% of the student body. Other students are 3% multiracial. The county population is about 90% White, within a few points of the school. Grant Elementary has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.5 students per teacher. The 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 27%. The 35% average for public schools in Portage County is 8 points higher.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 61.3%. Grant Elementary scores 60.5%.
Within Portage County, median household income is about $76,070, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Portage County number 31 and enroll about 9,217.
River Cities High is the public school closest to Grant Elementary, about 2.6 miles away. Grant Elementary has 4 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.8% on proficiency, and Grant Elementary is above that at 60.5%.
NCES describes the area around Grant Elementary as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Grant Elementary was 268 in 2020-21 and 267 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.5:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Portage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,832
Census ACS
Median income
$76,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wisconsin Rapids School District
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,337 students
- Wisconsin Rapids Area MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Woodside ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Howe ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Mead ElementaryElementary · 266 students
Other schools in Wisconsin Rapids
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,337 students
- Wisconsin Rapids Area MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Woodside ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Howe ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Mead ElementaryElementary · 266 students
Other Grant Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 13 states are named Grant Elementary. Grant Elementary is the 30th largest of the 35.
- Grant ElementaryMarshfield, WI · 554 students
- Grant ElementarySheboygan, WI · 337 students
- Grant ElementaryKenosha, WI · 289 students
- Grant ElementaryWausau, WI · 189 students
- Grant ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 951 students
Nearby schools
- River Cities High2.6 mi · 77
- Washington Elementary4.4 mi · 322
- Lincoln High4.5 mi · 1,337
- WRPS / Pitsch Early Learning4.7 mi · 208
- Woodside Elementary5.1 mi · 354
- Grove Elementary5.3 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About Grant ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Grant Elementary?
Grant Elementary enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Grant Elementary serve?
Grant Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Grant Elementary have?
Grant Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Grant Elementary?
Student demographics at Grant Elementary are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Grant Elementary public or private?
Grant Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wisconsin Rapids School District.
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