Enrollment
84
Elementary
DISTRICT 182 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551206002280
Lewiston Elementary
W11195 State Road 127, Portage, WI 53901 · (608) 742-2524 · Columbia County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL84 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% 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.
- C-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
12.6:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
22 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 12 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Lewiston Elementary→Wayne Bartels Middle
Based on grade levels within Portage Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -10.4pp since 2023
Math
58.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 58.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 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 Lewiston Elementary
Lewiston Elementary's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewiston Elementary this school | 84 | 26.2% | 56.7% |
| Fremont Elementary Fremont | 97 | 25.8% | 76.5% |
| Brandon Elementary Brandon | 95 | 24.2% | 72.8% |
| Northwoods Community Elementary Harshaw | 97 | 24.7% | 71.4% |
| Fairview Elementary Krakow | 99 | 23.2% | 58.1% |
| Stoddard Elementary Stoddard | 105 | 23.8% | 63.0% |
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 Lewiston Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 84 | #1,106 of 1,157 | #12 of 14 |
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
84
-8 (-9%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 94
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 84 | 6.7 | 12.6:1 | 26% (22) |
| 2023-24 | 83 | 5.8 | 14.3:1 | 4% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 94 | 5.8 | 16.4:1 | 30% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 92 | 4 | 23.0:1 | 29% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 94 | 6.3 | 15.0:1 | 27% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 102 | 4 | 25.5:1 | 41% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 77 | 4 | 19.3:1 | 29% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 79 | 4 | 19.8:1 | 20% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 94 | 4 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewiston Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (94 to 84); teachers up 6% (6.3 to 6.7).
About Lewiston Elementary
Lewiston Elementary is a very small elementary school in Portage, Wisconsin, under Portage Community School District. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 84 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll about 323 students on average.
Portage Community School District counts 1,956 students in its 8 schools, and Lewiston Elementary is one of them.
White students account for 93% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among Columbia County residents, the White share is about 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 14%.
Lewiston Elementary has 6.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.6:1. The school's 12.6:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 26%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lewiston Elementary lands at C, ahead of 34% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Test results at Lewiston Elementary are 4.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (56.7% actual, 61.6% predicted).
For Columbia County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $85,351 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Columbia County number 31, with about 8,498 students.
Lewiston Elementary is about 3.9 miles from DOC: Columbia Correctional Institution, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Its average proficiency rate of 56.7% is above the 53.0% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 8 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.0:1 in 2020-21, and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,272
Census ACS
Median income
$85,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
8,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portage Community School District
- Portage HighHigh · 600 students
- Muir ElementaryElementary · 439 students
- Wayne Bartels MiddleMiddle · 422 students
- Woodridge ElementaryElementary · 201 students
- Portage Partnering PreschoolElementary · 129 students
- Endeavor ElementaryElementary · 57 students
Other schools in Portage
- Portage HighHigh · 600 students
- Muir ElementaryElementary · 439 students
- Wayne Bartels MiddleMiddle · 422 students
- Woodridge ElementaryElementary · 201 students
- Portage Partnering PreschoolElementary · 129 students
- Portage Academy of AchievementHigh · 24 students
Other Lewiston Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lewiston Elementary. Lewiston Elementary is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Lewiston Elementary SchoolEvans, GA · 614 students
- Lewiston Elementary SchoolLEWISTON, MI · 157 students
- LEWISTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLEWISTON, NE · 122 students
- Lewiston ElementaryLewiston, CA · 68 students
Nearby schools
- DOC: Columbia Correctional Institution3.9 mi · 6
- Portage Academy of Achievement5.2 mi · 24
- Wayne Bartels Middle5.2 mi · 422
- Portage High5.2 mi · 600
- Muir Elementary5.3 mi · 439
- Portage Partnering Preschool5.3 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About Lewiston ElementaryHow many students attend Lewiston Elementary?
Lewiston Elementary enrolls approximately 84 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lewiston Elementary serve?
Lewiston Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lewiston Elementary?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Lewiston Elementary.
How diverse is Lewiston Elementary?
Lewiston Elementary reports a student body of 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Lewiston Elementary?
Lewiston Elementary is overseen by Portage Community School District in Columbia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.