Enrollment
203
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISCONSIN DELLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551704002198
Lake Delton Elementary
20 W Delavan St, Lake Delton, WI 53940 · (608) 253-4391 · Sauk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL203 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
146 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Wisconsin Dells School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
59.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 59.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 57.3% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lake Delton Elementary
Lake Delton Elementary's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Delton Elementary this school | 203 | 71.9% | 58.1% |
| Kosciuszko Elementary Cudahy | 208 | 69.2% | 48.1% |
| Riverside Elementary Fond du Lac | 273 | 70.0% | 46.8% |
| West Elementary Jefferson | 233 | 62.2% | 50.3% |
| Darien Elementary Darien | 223 | 65.9% | 46.2% |
| Clement Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 238 | 77.7% | 33.1% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lake Delton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Sauk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #450 of 982 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #400 of 992 ▲ 101 | #4 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #453 of 992 ▼ 97 | #3 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 203 | #893 of 1,157 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #434 of 901 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #218 of 901 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #169 of 1,064 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #566 of 664 | #8 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
203
+10 (+5%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 190
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 203 | 15.5 | 13.1:1 | 72% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 15.5 | 14.0:1 | 69% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 217 | 15.5 | 14.0:1 | 63% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | 15 | 12.9:1 | 63% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 214 | 15.1 | 14.2:1 | 54% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 203 | 14 | 14.5:1 | 65% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 204 | 13 | 15.7:1 | 56% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 207 | 14 | 14.8:1 | 28% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 190 | 9 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Delton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (214 to 203); teachers up 3% (15.1 to 15.5).
About Lake Delton Elementary
Lake Delton Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Lake Delton, Wisconsin, administered by Wisconsin Dells School District. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 203 students. That is 37% below the average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Dells School District enrolls 1,768 students in 4 schools, including Lake Delton Elementary.
The largest group at Lake Delton Elementary is White students, at 47%. Smaller groups are 43% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Sauk County is roughly 87% White. The diversity index for Lake Delton Elementary is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. The school has 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 1.7 students per teacher. In all, 72% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 35 points above the 37% average for public schools in Sauk County.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Lake Delton Elementary outscored 76%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Lake Delton Elementary is 33.5%. It actually posts 58.1%, which is 24.6 points higher and in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools.
Census data for Sauk County show median household income comes to about $79,541, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 30 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,882, Lake Delton Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, Spring Hill Elementary is closest at about 2.9 miles. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Lake Delton Elementary. On state test proficiency, Lake Delton Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 4 nearby schools.
Lake Delton Elementary falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
A 5% rise took enrollment from 193 in 2020-21 to 203 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Sauk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,009
Census ACS
Median income
$79,541
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
9,882 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wisconsin Dells School District
- Spring Hill ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Wisconsin Dells HighHigh · 563 students
- Wisconsin Dells Middle SchoolMiddle · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Hill Elementary2.9 mi · 628
- Wisconsin Dells Middle School3.0 mi · 374
- Wisconsin Dells High3.5 mi · 563
- Jack Young Middle7.6 mi · 548
- Willson Elementary7.8 mi · 284
- Baraboo High7.9 mi · 885
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Delton ElementaryHow many students attend Lake Delton Elementary?
Lake Delton Elementary enrolls approximately 203 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lake Delton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lake Delton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lake Delton Elementary have?
Lake Delton Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Lake Delton Elementary?
Lake Delton Elementary reports a student body of 47% White, 43% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Delton Elementary?
Lake Delton Elementary is overseen by Wisconsin Dells School District in Sauk County.
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