Korger-Chestnut

Korger-Chestnut sits in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and is classified as an elementary school. It teaches 307 students in pre-K.

The district, Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, has 4,574 students enrolled across 9 schools.

The share of students at Korger-Chestnut who are White is 92%. Enrollment also includes 5% multiracial. Chippewa County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 16, compared with 70 nationally.

On staff are 3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 102.3:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. About 19% of students at Korger-Chestnut are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 38% average among public schools in Chippewa County.

Chippewa County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,680 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Korger-Chestnut shares Chippewa County with 27 other public schools.

Parkview Elementary, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Korger-Chestnut, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Locale data from NCES put Korger-Chestnut in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).

Enrollment fell by 4% across 4 years, from 319 in 2020-21 to 307 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 26.6:1 in 2020-21 to 102.3:1 in 2024-25.

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