Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUPERIOR SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551467000687
Great Lakes Elementary
129 N 28th St E, Superior, WI 54880 · (715) 395-8500 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
48 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Superior School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 65 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 down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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
348
-103 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.9:1
% White
81%
was 85%
% Hispanic
5%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Great Lakes Elementary
Great Lakes Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Superior, Wisconsin, operated by Superior School District, teaches 348 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Superior School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,041 students. Great Lakes Elementary is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Great Lakes Elementary lists that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder looks like 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Great Lakes Elementary shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 14% of students at Great Lakes Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Douglas County's rate of about 24%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Great Lakes Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.2%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of -7.8 points.
In the broader community, census data for Douglas County shows median household income runs about $75,099, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Douglas County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,519 students), of which Great Lakes Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Superior High, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Great Lakes Elementary. On composite proficiency, Great Lakes Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.
Great Lakes Elementary operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,229
Census ACS
Median income
$75,099
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Superior School District
- Superior HighHigh · 1,256 students
- Superior MiddleMiddle · 888 students
- Northern Lights ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Cooper ElementaryElementary · 363 students
- Bryant ElementaryElementary · 283 students
- Four Corners ElementaryElementary · 200 students
Other schools in Superior
- Superior HighHigh · 1,256 students
- Superior MiddleMiddle · 888 students
- Northern Lights ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Cooper ElementaryElementary · 363 students
- Bryant ElementaryElementary · 283 students
- Four Corners ElementaryElementary · 200 students
Nearby schools
- Superior High0.7 mi · 1,256
- Northern Lights Elementary1.2 mi · 453
- Superior Middle1.6 mi · 888
- Superior Community Preschool1.8 mi · 109
- Cooper Elementary2.7 mi · 363
- Bryant Elementary3.2 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Great Lakes ElementaryHow many students attend Great Lakes Elementary?
Great Lakes Elementary enrolls approximately 348 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Great Lakes Elementary serve?
Great Lakes Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Great Lakes Elementary have?
Great Lakes Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Great Lakes Elementary?
At Great Lakes Elementary, the student body is approximately 81% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Great Lakes Elementary public or private?
Great Lakes Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Superior School District.
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