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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
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.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.8% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.3% | 62.6% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Great Lakes Elementary
Great Lakes Elementary's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Elementary this school | 348 | 13.8% | 61.4% |
| Wales Elementary Wales | 333 | 16.8% | 78.3% |
| Woodfield Elementary Waterford | 322 | 15.5% | 67.5% |
| Cooper Elementary Superior | 363 | 11.6% | 56.8% |
| Lakeshore Elementary Fond du Lac | 354 | 16.1% | 84.2% |
| Dousman Elementary Dousman | 311 | 14.1% | 62.8% |
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 Great Lakes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #374 of 982 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #545 of 992 ▼ 160 | #4 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #243 of 992 ▼ 76 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #465 of 1,157 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #770 of 901 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #519 of 901 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #970 of 1,064 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #169 of 664 | #2 of 6 |
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
348
-66 (-16%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 348 | 21.7 | 16.0:1 | 14% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 22.6 | 15.8:1 | 37% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 23.3 | 16.6:1 | 40% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 46% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 23.9 | 18.9:1 | 40% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 47% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 22 | 18.8:1 | 49% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 40% (175) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Lakes Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (451 to 348); teachers down 9% (23.9 to 21.7).
About Great Lakes Elementary
Great Lakes Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Superior, Wisconsin. The school enrolls 348 students, from pre-K through 5.
Superior School District (9 schools, 4,041 students) runs Great Lakes Elementary.
About 81% of the student body at Great Lakes Elementary is White. Other reported shares: 11% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 90% White among all Douglas County residents. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.0 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 14%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Douglas County is 24%.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 69.2%. Great Lakes Elementary scores 61.4%.
Census estimates describe Douglas County this way: the median household income is $75,099, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Great Lakes Elementary, Douglas County has 16 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Superior High, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Great Lakes Elementary ranks 2nd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 61.4% against a local average of 48.8%.
Great Lakes Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment at Great Lakes Elementary dropped 16% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 414 to 348 students.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Great Lakes Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Great Lakes Elementary. Great Lakes Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Great Lakes Elementary SchoolHOLLAND, MI · 426 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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