Lewiston Elementary

Lewiston Elementary is one of the very small elementary-level communitys in Portage, Wisconsin, run under Portage Community School District, with 84 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 74% below typical.

Lewiston Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Portage Community School District, a district that instructs 1,956 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lewiston Elementary logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lewiston Elementary has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Lewiston Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Columbia County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,351 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lewiston Elementary is one of 31 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 8,498 students).

The closest other public school is DOC: Columbia Correctional Institution, roughly 3.9 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lewiston Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 53.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 94 students in 2018 compared to 84 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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