Jim Falls Elementary

Jim Falls Elementary, a micro-enrollment K-5 school in Jim Falls, Wisconsin, part of Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, hosts 117 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 64% leaner than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Jim Falls Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, a district that teaches 4,574 students overall.

Demographically, Jim Falls Elementary records that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Jim Falls Elementary has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 27% of students at Jim Falls Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Chippewa County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, Jim Falls Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.9%, the actual is 57.2%, a residual of -3.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Chippewa County put the typical household earns roughly $74,680 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Chippewa County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,353 students), Jim Falls Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northern Wisconsin Center, around 8.7 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jim Falls Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Jim Falls Elementary's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 147 (now 117). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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