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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA-GRANT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550687000744
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle
498 County Road IG, Livingston, WI 53554 · (608) 943-6313 · Iowa County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% 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.
- 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
11.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
192 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 28 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle→Iowa-Grant High
Based on grade levels within Iowa-Grant School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.7% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 70.4% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle this school | 423 | 45.4% | 61.0% |
| Ronald R Albrecht Elementary Brodhead | 460 | 44.3% | 48.3% |
| Fennimore Elementary Fennimore | 380 | 46.6% | 68.3% |
| Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River Eagle River | 484 | 45.2% | 52.8% |
| Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary Chetek | 429 | 45.0% | 61.3% |
| Neillsville Elementary Neillsville | 399 | 47.9% | 57.1% |
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 Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Iowa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #391 of 982 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #239 of 992 ▼ 10 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #604 of 992 ▼ 101 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #295 of 1,157 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #198 of 901 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #797 of 901 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #490 of 1,064 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #120 of 664 | N/A |
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
423
-102 (-19%) vs 2020
+155% since 1990-91, when it was 166
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 423 | 36.7 | 11.5:1 | 45% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 39.7 | 11.5:1 | 41% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 40.6 | 11.7:1 | 40% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 42 | 12.5:1 | 49% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 42.2 | 13.6:1 | 42% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 40% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 40% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 58 | 12.3:1 | 23% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 166 | 11 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (574 to 423); teachers down 13% (42.2 to 36.7).
About Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle is a mid-sized elementary school in Wisconsin, located in Livingston. Enrollment totals 423 students across pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average enrollment is about 323.
Iowa-Grant School District oversees Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle and 1 other school, with 648 students in total.
White students account for 91% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic. Among Iowa County residents, the White share is about 93%. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle are from different groups.
Its ratio of 11.5:1 is based on 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Iowa County is 30%.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle are 11.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (61.0% actual, 49.8% predicted).
For the population of Iowa County, the median household earns about $82,182 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle shares Iowa County with 14 other public schools.
About 0.1 miles separate Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle from the closest public school, Iowa-Grant High. Within ten miles are 4 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 102 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Iowa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,867
Census ACS
Median income
$82,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,373 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Iowa-Grant High0.1 mi · 225
- Highland Community High8.4 mi · 94
- Highland Community Middle8.4 mi · 58
- Highland Community Elementary8.4 mi · 124
- Mineral Point High11.1 mi · 253
- Mineral Point Middle11.1 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About Iowa-Grant Elementary/MiddleHow many students attend Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle?
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle serve?
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle have?
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle?
At Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle, the student body is approximately 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle public or private?
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iowa-Grant School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.