Jefferson Elementary

Set in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Jefferson Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school, run under Stevens Point Area Public School District. It caters to 276 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Jefferson Elementary is one of 17 schools operated by Stevens Point Area Public School District, a district that teaches 6,885 students overall.

Demographically, Jefferson Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest is composed of 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Jefferson Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Portage County's rate of about 35%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.8%; Jefferson Elementary posts 60.2%, +15.5 points above that line.

Around the school, Portage County reports that median household income runs about $76,070, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Portage County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,217 students), of which Jefferson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Juvenile Detention, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Jefferson Elementary's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 258 (now 276). Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 10% to 5%. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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