Enrollment
85
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551590002051
Hewitt-Texas Elementary
164475 Granite Road, Wausau, WI 54403 · (715) 261-0015 · Marathon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL85 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
13.6:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
27 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 16 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 7 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -21.5pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -30.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 31 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.5% | 82.7% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Hewitt-Texas Elementary
Hewitt-Texas Elementary's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hewitt-Texas Elementary this school | 85 | 31.8% | 62.4% |
| LEAP Elementary Watertown | 60 | 35.0% | 68.7% |
| Odyssey Elementary Weston | 64 | 23.4% | 48.6% |
| CORE4 Greenfield | 87 | 25.3% | N/A |
| Knapp Elementary Knapp | 91 | 34.1% | 66.8% |
| Mauston Montessori Charter School Mauston | 96 | 34.4% | 40.3% |
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 Hewitt-Texas Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Marathon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 85 | #1,104 of 1,157 | #28 of 30 |
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
85
-2 (-2%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 182
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 85 | 6.3 | 13.6:1 | 32% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 87 | 7.7 | 11.3:1 | 28% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 98 | 8.2 | 11.9:1 | 28% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 87 | 8 | 10.9:1 | 34% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 125 | 7.5 | 16.7:1 | 22% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 135 | 7 | 19.3:1 | 20% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 155 | 8 | 19.4:1 | 19% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 118 | 7 | 16.9:1 | 32% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 182 | 8 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hewitt-Texas Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (125 to 85); teachers down 16% (7.5 to 6.3).
About Hewitt-Texas Elementary
Hewitt-Texas Elementary is an elementary school in Wausau, Wisconsin, and it is part of Wausau School District. The school counted 85 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 74% below the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Hewitt-Texas Elementary falls under Wausau School District, which has 21 schools enrolling 7,738 students.
Of every 100 students at Hewitt-Texas Elementary, about 80 are White. Other students are 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. A diversity index of 35% means there is a 35% chance two randomly chosen students at Hewitt-Texas Elementary are from different groups.
Hewitt-Texas Elementary has 6.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.6:1. The school's 13.6:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 32% at Hewitt-Texas Elementary.
On the allk12 Grade, Hewitt-Texas Elementary lands at B, ahead of 57% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Hewitt-Texas Elementary, the prediction is 58.1% and the result is 62.4%.
For Marathon County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $77,884 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Marathon County number 52, with about 18,592 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Hewitt-Texas Elementary from the closest public school, Red Granite Charter School Inc. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.0%; Hewitt-Texas Elementary's is 62.4%, ranking 2nd of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 85, starting from 87. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.9:1 to 13.6:1.
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Marathon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
138,403
Census ACS
Median income
$77,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
18,592 students
Quick facts
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- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Nearby schools
- Red Granite Charter School Inc0.0 mi · 51
- Riverview Elementary6.5 mi · 445
- Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy6.5 mi · 38
- East High6.5 mi · 893
- Horace Mann Middle6.9 mi · 635
- Wausau Area Montessori Charter School6.9 mi · 121
Frequently asked questions
About Hewitt-Texas ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hewitt-Texas Elementary?
Hewitt-Texas Elementary enrolls approximately 85 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hewitt-Texas Elementary serve?
Hewitt-Texas Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hewitt-Texas Elementary?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Hewitt-Texas Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hewitt-Texas Elementary?
At Hewitt-Texas Elementary, the student body is approximately 80% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Hewitt-Texas Elementary public or private?
Hewitt-Texas Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wausau School District.
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