Hatley Elementary

Hatley Elementary is a primary school of cozy scale in Hatley, Wisconsin, overseen by D C Everest Area School District, teacheing 136 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Hatley Elementary sits 58% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 12 schools in D C Everest Area School District (5,847 students total), Hatley Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hatley Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Marathon County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hatley Elementary logs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 19% of students at Hatley Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marathon County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Hatley Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 65.9%; this one comes in at 46.6%, -19.3 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Marathon County shows median household income runs about $77,884, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Hatley Elementary is one of 52 public schools in Marathon County (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students).

Nearest neighbor: Riverside Elementary, around 6.6 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hatley Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Hatley Elementary's enrollment has grew 33% since 2018, when it stood at 102 (now 136). Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 3% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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