Little Chute Elementary

Little Chute Elementary operates as a big elementary school in Little Chute, Wisconsin, operated by Little Chute Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 590 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 83% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Within Little Chute Area School District, which oversees 6 schools and 1,586 students, Little Chute Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Little Chute Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Little Chute Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 59.9%, a residual of +6.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Outagamie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,069 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Little Chute Elementary is one of 73 public schools in Outagamie County (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students).

Nearest neighbor: Little Chute Career Pathways Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Little Chute Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Little Chute Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 66.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Little Chute Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 582 students in 2018 to 590 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 84% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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