Luther Elementary

Luther Elementary is a compact elementary-level community in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Fort Atkinson School District. The school caters to 238 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% smaller than the state mean of about 323.

Luther Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Fort Atkinson School District, a district that hosts 2,263 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Luther Elementary records that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Luther Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.3%; Luther Elementary posts 65.5%, +15.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that median household earnings sit near $83,750, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,194 students), Luther Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Purdy Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Luther Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 60.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Luther Elementary has declined 8%, going from 258 students in 2018 to 238 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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