Granton Elementary
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Granton Elementary
Granton Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school in Granton, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Granton Area School District, teaches 132 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Granton Elementary sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.
Granton Area School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 244 students; Granton Elementary is among them.
In terms of who attends, Granton Elementary shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
On the resource side, Granton Elementary reports 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Granton Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Granton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.6%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Clark County) logs that median household income runs about $67,400, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Granton Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 4,522 students).
Nearest neighbor: Granton High, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Granton Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.6%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 125 students in 2018 compared to 132 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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