Lyndon Station Elementary

Lyndon Station Elementary operates as an one-room-style K-5 school in Lyndon Station, Wisconsin, part of Mauston School District. Current enrollment sits at 29 students spanning grades 1 through 4. That puts it 91% leaner than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Lyndon Station Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Mauston School District, a district that serves 1,378 students overall.

On demographics, Lyndon Station Elementary records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Juneau County (around 41%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lyndon Station Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 58.9%, a residual of +23.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Juneau County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $67,270 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Juneau County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,471 students), Lyndon Station Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Wisconsin Dells High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lyndon Station Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

Lyndon Station Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 57%: 68 students in 2018 compared to 29 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 13% to 3% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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