Enrollment
217
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUDSON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550669000725
Houlton Elementary
70 Houlton School Circle, Houlton, WI 54082 · (715) 377-3850 · St. Croix County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL217 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
19 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Hudson School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
78.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
79.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 10 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.9% | 79.8% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 89.3% |
% 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
84.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Houlton Elementary
Houlton Elementary's state test result (84.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houlton Elementary this school | 217 | 8.8% | 84.9% |
| North Cape Elementary Franksville | 194 | 6.7% | 71.5% |
| Four Corners Elementary Superior | 200 | 10.5% | 55.2% |
| Stone Bank Elementary Oconomowoc | 241 | 9.5% | 76.2% |
| Washington Elementary Waterford | 192 | 11.5% | 60.8% |
| Barneveld Elementary Barneveld | 229 | 13.1% | 72.5% |
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 Houlton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In St. Croix County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #7 of 982 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #62 of 992 ▼ 54 | #1 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #44 of 992 ▼ 16 | #1 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 217 | #857 of 1,157 | #13 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #301 of 901 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #867 of 901 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #1,024 of 1,064 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #626 of 664 | #9 of 10 |
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
217
-8 (-4%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 167
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 217 | 17.7 | 12.2:1 | 9% (19) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 10% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 18 | 12.5:1 | 11% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 17 | 13.2:1 | 8% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 7% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 221 | 15 | 14.7:1 | 7% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 235 | 17 | 13.8:1 | 13% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 199 | 14 | 14.2:1 | 7% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 167 | 7 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houlton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (222 to 217); teachers up 11% (16 to 17.7).
About Houlton Elementary
Houlton Elementary, a small elementary school, is located in Houlton, Wisconsin. The school's enrollment of 217 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 33% lower than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, which is about 323.
Houlton Elementary is among 10 schools run by Hudson School District, which serves 5,119 students.
Most students at Houlton Elementary are White: 94% of enrollment. Other students are 4% Hispanic. For comparison, St. Croix County is about 92% White. Houlton Elementary has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Houlton Elementary operates with 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. About 9% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in St. Croix County averages 22%, higher than here.
Houlton Elementary is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 96% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.3% for Houlton Elementary. The school posts 84.9%, 12.6 points above the prediction.
St. Croix County has about 96,033 residents, and median household income is about $103,046, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of St. Croix County number 31 and enroll about 14,266.
Nearest public school: Falcon View Online High School, about 1.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Houlton Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools.
Houlton Elementary is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
Houlton Elementary saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 12.2 students per teacher, compared with 13.2 in 2020-21.
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St. Croix County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,033
Census ACS
Median income
$103,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
14,266 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hudson School District
- Hudson HighHigh · 1,697 students
- Hudson MiddleMiddle · 1,089 students
- Hudson Prairie ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- Rock ElementaryElementary · 383 students
- River Crest ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Hudson 4KElementary · 320 students
Other Houlton Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Houlton Elementary. Houlton Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Houlton Elementary SchoolHoulton, ME · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Falcon View Online High School1.1 mi · 187
- Falcon View Online Elementary1.1 mi · 44
- Falcon View Online Middle School1.1 mi · 70
- NEW HEIGHTS SCHOOL INC.1.5 mi · 70
- New Heights Elementary School1.5 mi · 39
- A/O Program1.6 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Houlton ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Houlton Elementary?
Houlton Elementary enrolls approximately 217 students in grades KG-05.
Is Houlton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Houlton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Houlton Elementary have?
Houlton Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Houlton Elementary?
At Houlton Elementary, the student body is approximately 94% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Houlton Elementary?
Houlton Elementary is overseen by Hudson School District in St. Croix County.
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