Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle

As a mid-tier primary school in Livingston, Wisconsin, Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle caters to 423 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Iowa-Grant School District. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Across the 2 schools in Iowa-Grant School District (648 students total), Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 45% of students at Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Iowa County's rate of about 30%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.8%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +11.2 points.

Around the school, Iowa County reports that median household income runs about $82,182, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Iowa County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,373 students), of which Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Iowa-Grant High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 574 (now 423). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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