Holcombe Elementary

Holcombe Elementary is one of the rural-scale primary schools in Holcombe, Wisconsin, operated by Lake Holcombe School District, with 106 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Across the 3 schools in Lake Holcombe School District (244 students total), Holcombe Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Holcombe Elementary reports that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Chippewa County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Holcombe Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.9%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Chippewa County shows median household earnings sit near $74,680, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Holcombe Elementary is one of 28 public schools in Chippewa County (combined enrollment of about 8,353 students).

Lake Holcombe Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Holcombe Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Holcombe Elementary's enrollment has declined 50% since 2018, when it stood at 214 (now 106). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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