MacArthur Elementary

MacArthur Elementary operates as an intimate primary school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, part of Green Bay Area Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 223 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 323.

Across the 44 schools in Green Bay Area Public School District (18,722 students total), MacArthur Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MacArthur Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 17% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 11% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, MacArthur Elementary logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 57% 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 Brown County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, MacArthur Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 43.0%; actual is 58.0%, +15.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Brown County) shows that median household income runs about $79,649, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Brown County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,385 students), MacArthur Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Southwest High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MacArthur Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 42.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MacArthur Elementary has fell 18%, going from 273 students in 2018 to 223 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 55% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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