Luck Elementary

Luck Elementary is a compact elementary campus in Luck, Wisconsin, overseen by Luck School District. The school hosts 174 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.

Luck School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 358 students. Luck Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Luck Elementary reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% multiracial. Compared to Polk County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Luck Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Luck Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 44.9%, a residual of -5.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Polk County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,219 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Polk County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,126 students), of which Luck Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Luck Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Luck Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Luck Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 28%: 242 students in 2018 compared to 174 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

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