Hewitt-Texas Elementary

Hewitt-Texas Elementary is a minimally staffed elementary school in Wausau, Wisconsin, operated by Wausau School District. The school educates 85 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Hewitt-Texas Elementary sits 74% below that benchmark.

Wausau School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 7,738 students; Hewitt-Texas Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hewitt-Texas Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Other groups include 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Hewitt-Texas Elementary lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at Hewitt-Texas Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Hewitt-Texas Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marathon County put median household income runs about $77,884, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Hewitt-Texas Elementary is one of 52 public schools in Marathon County (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students).

Nearest neighbor: Red Granite Charter School Inc, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hewitt-Texas Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hewitt-Texas Elementary has decreased 32%, going from 125 students in 2018 to 85 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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