Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVER FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551305001722
Greenwood Elementary
982 E Division St, River Falls, WI 54022 · (715) 425-1810 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
81 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Greenwood Elementary→Meyer Middle
Based on grade levels within River Falls School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
74.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.8% | 74.9% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 70.7% |
% 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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood Elementary's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary this school | 409 | 19.8% | 71.0% |
| Park Lawn Elementary Oconomowoc | 383 | 20.9% | 77.6% |
| Quinney Elementary Kaukauna | 359 | 19.5% | 69.8% |
| New Glarus Elementary New Glarus | 419 | 20.0% | 72.0% |
| Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle Elkhart Lake | 359 | 21.2% | 79.8% |
| Rock Elementary Hudson | 383 | 21.7% | 56.8% |
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 Greenwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #172 of 982 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #126 of 992 ▲ 91 | #1 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #198 of 992 ▲ 73 | #2 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #326 of 1,157 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #569 of 901 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.4% | #574 of 901 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #894 of 1,064 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #219 of 240 | N/A |
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
409
+29 (+8%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 409 | 29.3 | 13.9:1 | 20% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 29.5 | 13.6:1 | 23% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 28.2 | 13.9:1 | 18% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 21% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 24.8 | 16.3:1 | 21% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 22% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 27% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 10% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 31 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (405 to 409); teachers up 18% (24.8 to 29.3).
About Greenwood Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in River Falls, Wisconsin, Greenwood Elementary is part of River Falls School District. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 409 students. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 27% larger than average.
Greenwood Elementary falls under River Falls School District, which has 8 schools enrolling 3,442 students.
White students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. It is also 9% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Pierce County's residents are about 92% White, 9 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at Greenwood Elementary are from different groups.
Greenwood Elementary lists 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. About 20% of students at Greenwood Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Pierce County is close, at 23%.
Greenwood Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Greenwood Elementary would be expected to post about 65.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 71.0%.
In Pierce County, the median household earns about $92,109 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Pierce County has 26 public schools with about 7,419 students, including Greenwood Elementary.
Greenwood Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Meyer Middle, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 71.0% is above the 65.0% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's student count rose 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The discussion board for Greenwood Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,584
Census ACS
Median income
$92,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,419 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in River Falls School District
- River Falls HighHigh · 1,062 students
- Meyer MiddleMiddle · 725 students
- Rocky Branch ElementaryElementary · 441 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- River Falls Public Montessori AcademyElementary · 189 students
- River Falls 4 ChildrenElementary · 164 students
Other schools in River Falls
- River Falls HighHigh · 1,062 students
- Meyer MiddleMiddle · 725 students
- Rocky Branch ElementaryElementary · 441 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- River Falls Public Montessori AcademyElementary · 189 students
- River Falls 4 ChildrenElementary · 164 students
Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary is the 14th largest of the 27.
- Greenwood ElementaryGreenwood, WI · 176 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
Nearby schools
- Meyer Middle0.1 mi · 725
- River Falls 4 Children0.7 mi · 164
- River Falls Public Montessori Academy0.7 mi · 189
- Westside Elementary1.1 mi · 403
- Renaissance Charter Academy1.5 mi · 49
- River Falls High1.5 mi · 1,062
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood ElementaryHow many students attend Greenwood Elementary?
Greenwood Elementary enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-05.
Is Greenwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Greenwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Greenwood Elementary have?
Greenwood Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Greenwood Elementary?
Greenwood Elementary reports a student body of 83% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Greenwood Elementary?
Greenwood Elementary is overseen by River Falls School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.