Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHIPPEWA FALLS AREA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550255000284
Halmstad Elementary
565 E South Ave, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 · (715) 726-2415 · Chippewa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
183 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 71.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Halmstad Elementary
Halmstad Elementary's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halmstad Elementary this school | 355 | 51.5% | 66.0% |
| Washington Elementary Wisconsin Rapids | 322 | 48.8% | 58.0% |
| Northwoods Elementary Eau Claire | 304 | 52.0% | 62.5% |
| Summit Environmental School La Crosse | 295 | 51.5% | 42.9% |
| Lakeshore Elementary Eau Claire | 314 | 53.8% | 49.5% |
| Wakanda Elementary Menomonie | 351 | 44.4% | 56.7% |
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 Halmstad Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Chippewa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #271 of 982 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #112 of 992 ▲ 94 | #2 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #319 of 992 ▲ 56 | #3 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #451 of 1,157 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #368 of 901 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #431 of 901 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.5% | #391 of 1,064 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #453 of 664 | #6 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
355
-29 (-8%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 355 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 52% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 27.5 | 13.5:1 | 55% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 53% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 28 | 13.7:1 | 48% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 26.7 | 14.8:1 | 42% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 45% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 25 | 13.9:1 | 48% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 22% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 23 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Halmstad Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (394 to 355); teachers up 5% (26.7 to 28).
About Halmstad Elementary
Halmstad Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The school has 355 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
Halmstad Elementary is among 9 schools run by Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, which serves 4,574 students.
White students are 76% of those enrolled at Halmstad Elementary. The next largest groups are 8% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. In Chippewa County overall, about 93% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 52% of students at Halmstad Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Chippewa County, the average is 38%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Halmstad Elementary is 46.0%. It actually posts 66.0%, which is 20.0 points higher and in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Chippewa County show that the median household earns about $74,680 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Chippewa County, 28 public schools serve about 8,353 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Halmstad Elementary from the closest public school, Southview Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Halmstad Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 355, down from 384 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 12.7 in 2024-25.
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Chippewa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,799
Census ACS
Median income
$74,680
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,353 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District
- Chippewa Falls HighHigh · 1,451 students
- Chippewa Falls MiddleMiddle · 999 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 377 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Stillson ElementaryElementary · 338 students
- Korger-ChestnutElementary · 307 students
Other schools in Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls HighHigh · 1,451 students
- Chippewa Falls MiddleMiddle · 999 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 377 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Stillson ElementaryElementary · 338 students
- Korger-ChestnutElementary · 307 students
Nearby schools
- Southview Elementary0.4 mi · 286
- Northern Wisconsin Center1.6 mi · 3
- Hillcrest Elementary2.0 mi · 344
- Chippewa Falls High2.1 mi · 1,451
- Korger-Chestnut2.1 mi · 307
- Stillson Elementary2.1 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Halmstad ElementaryHow many students attend Halmstad Elementary?
Halmstad Elementary enrolls approximately 355 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Halmstad Elementary serve?
Halmstad Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Halmstad Elementary?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Halmstad Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Halmstad Elementary?
Student demographics at Halmstad Elementary are roughly 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Halmstad Elementary in?
Halmstad Elementary is part of Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District.
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