Hamilton Elementary School

Located at 1111 7th St S, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Hamilton Elementary School is a cozy elementary-level community that instructs 151 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of La Crosse School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Hamilton Elementary School sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

Within La Crosse School District, which oversees 19 schools and 5,717 students, Hamilton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Hamilton Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 24% multiracial, 23% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% Asian. By comparison, La Crosse County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Hamilton Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Hamilton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against La Crosse County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hamilton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.5%, the actual is 21.3%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for La Crosse County put the typical household earns roughly $73,013 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, La Crosse County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,903 students), of which Hamilton Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is School of Technology and Arts I, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hamilton Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 57.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 189 students in 2018 compared to 151 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 today.

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