Jefferson Elementary

Jefferson Elementary operates as a cozy K-5 school in Appleton, Wisconsin, overseen by Appleton Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 212 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Jefferson Elementary sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

Jefferson Elementary is one of 38 schools operated by Appleton Area School District, a district that enrolls 14,994 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Jefferson Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 11% Black, 8% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jefferson Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Outagamie County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Outagamie County put median household earnings sit near $85,069, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson Elementary is one of 73 public schools in Outagamie County (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students).

The closest other public school is Fox River Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson Elementary has ticked down 42%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 212 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 64% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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