Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAU CLAIRE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550405000424
Locust Lane Elementary
3245 Locust Ln, Eau Claire, WI 54703 · (715) 852-3700 · Eau Claire County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
118 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 62 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
58.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 58.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 51.2% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Locust Lane Elementary
Locust Lane Elementary's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Lane Elementary this school | 296 | 39.9% | 50.8% |
| Rothschild Elementary Rothschild | 408 | 40.9% | 54.7% |
| Mountain Bay Elementary Weston | 451 | 37.5% | 66.3% |
| Stettin Elementary Wausau | 327 | 37.9% | 72.7% |
| Riverview Elementary Wausau | 445 | 44.3% | 47.1% |
| Langlade Elementary Green Bay | 266 | 39.1% | 55.4% |
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 Locust Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Eau Claire County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #608 of 982 | #13 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #428 of 992 ▲ 177 | #6 of 17 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #658 of 992 ▲ 70 | #16 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #629 of 1,157 | #13 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #39 of 901 | #1 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #342 of 901 | #5 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #578 of 1,064 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #89 of 240 | #2 of 7 |
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
296
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 296 | 30.5 | 9.7:1 | 40% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 30.5 | 10.6:1 | 48% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 29 | 10.7:1 | 51% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 54% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 266 | 22.2 | 12.0:1 | 56% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 23 | 11.4:1 | 56% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 283 | 24 | 11.8:1 | 56% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 26% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 15 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Locust Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (266 to 296); teachers up 37% (22.2 to 30.5).
About Locust Lane Elementary
Locust Lane Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, under Eau Claire Area School District. It reported 296 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
District-wide, Eau Claire Area School District has 23 schools and 10,687 students.
White students are 69% of those enrolled at Locust Lane Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. In Eau Claire County overall, about 88% of residents are White. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Locust Lane Elementary are from different groups.
A staff of 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 9.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 40%. That is in line with the 37% average for public schools in Eau Claire County.
Locust Lane Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Locust Lane Elementary is 53.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Eau Claire County show that median household income comes to about $74,546, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Eau Claire County counts 36 public schools with about 14,002 students.
The closest school to Locust Lane Elementary is Northstar Middle, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Locust Lane Elementary's average proficiency of 50.8% compares with 50.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school shrank from 309 students in 2020-21 to 296 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.4:1 to 9.7:1.
This page is set up for the Locust Lane Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Eau Claire County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,116
Census ACS
Median income
$74,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
14,002 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eau Claire Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Memorial HighHigh · 1,558 students
- DeLong MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- South MiddleMiddle · 797 students
- Northstar MiddleMiddle · 529 students
- Robbins ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Eau Claire
- North HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Memorial HighHigh · 1,558 students
- DeLong MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- South MiddleMiddle · 797 students
- Northstar MiddleMiddle · 529 students
- Robbins ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Nearby schools
- Northstar Middle0.6 mi · 529
- Davey Elementary0.8 mi · 332
- North High1.2 mi · 1,567
- Northwoods Elementary1.2 mi · 304
- McKinley Charter School1.7 mi · 74
- Longfellow Elementary2.7 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Locust Lane ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Locust Lane Elementary?
Locust Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 296 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Locust Lane Elementary serve?
Locust Lane Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Locust Lane Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Locust Lane Elementary is approximately 9.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Locust Lane Elementary?
Student demographics at Locust Lane Elementary are roughly 69% White, 5% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Locust Lane Elementary in?
Locust Lane Elementary is part of Eau Claire Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.