Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA CROSSE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550753000862
Hintgen Elementary
3505 28th St S, La Crosse, WI 54601 · (608) 789-7767 · La Crosse County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
166 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 16% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
24.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
19.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 29.1% |
% 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
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 →
Where Hintgen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In La Crosse County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #834 of 982 | #17 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #891 of 992 | #19 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #874 of 992 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #877 of 1,157 | #17 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.6:1 | #2 of 901 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #93 of 901 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.2% | #30 of 664 | #1 of 16 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
210
-130 (-38%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
was 11.8:1
% White
49%
was 62%
% Hispanic
5%
was 4%
% Black
12%
was 6%
% Asian
15%
was 18%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 210 | 27.5 | 7.6:1 | 79% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 25.6 | 8.4:1 | 74% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 26.8 | 9.2:1 | 69% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 28.7 | 11.8:1 | 53% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hintgen Elementary.
About Hintgen Elementary
In La Crosse, Wisconsin, part of La Crosse County, Hintgen Elementary is an elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 210 students. It has 35% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
Hintgen Elementary belongs to La Crosse School District, a district of 19 schools and 5,717 students.
The biggest share of students at Hintgen Elementary, 49%, is White. Next come 18% multiracial, 15% Asian, 12% Black, and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 88% White among all La Crosse County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
The school has 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 7.6 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. The school reported 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 35% average for public schools in La Crosse County.
In Wisconsin, Hintgen Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 31.2% actual against a predicted 29.1%.
In the surrounding county, La Crosse County, the median household earns about $73,013 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Hintgen Elementary, La Crosse County has 38 public schools.
About 1.2 miles separate Hintgen Elementary from the closest public school, Spence Elementary. The five-mile area around Hintgen Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Hintgen Elementary ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 31.2% versus a 51.5% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school shrank from 340 students in 2017-18 to 210 in 2024-25. The percentage of White students dropped from 62% to 49% between 2017-18 and 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (7.6:1) than in 2017-18 (11.8:1).
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La Crosse County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,488
Census ACS
Median income
$73,013
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
14,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Crosse School District
- Central HighHigh · 969 students
- Logan HighHigh · 729 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- Logan MiddleMiddle · 424 students
- Southern Bluffs ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Spence ElementaryElementary · 329 students
Other schools in La Crosse
- Central HighHigh · 969 students
- Logan HighHigh · 729 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- Logan MiddleMiddle · 424 students
- Southern Bluffs ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Spence ElementaryElementary · 329 students
Nearby schools
- Spence Elementary1.2 mi · 329
- State Road Elementary1.2 mi · 284
- Central High1.5 mi · 969
- Longfellow Middle1.8 mi · 631
- Southern Bluffs Elementary1.9 mi · 333
- La Crosse Offsite Preschool2.3 mi · 104
Frequently asked questions
About Hintgen ElementaryHow large is Hintgen Elementary?
Hintgen Elementary enrolls approximately 210 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hintgen Elementary serve?
Hintgen Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hintgen Elementary?
Approximately 7.6:1 students per teacher at Hintgen Elementary.
How diverse is Hintgen Elementary?
Hintgen Elementary reports a student body of 49% White, 5% Hispanic, 12% Black, 15% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Hintgen Elementary?
Hintgen Elementary is overseen by La Crosse School District in La Crosse County.
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