Maine Elementary

Maine Elementary is an elementary school of compact scale in Wausau, Wisconsin, part of Wausau School District, educateing 229 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 323.

Within Wausau School District, which oversees 21 schools and 7,738 students, Maine Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Maine Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 12% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Marathon County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Maine Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Maine Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.7%; this one delivers 53.2%.

In the broader community, Marathon County reports that median household income runs about $77,884, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Maine Elementary is one of 52 public schools in Marathon County (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students).

Thomas Jefferson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Maine Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.9%.

Maine Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Maine Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 230 (now 229). The White share of enrollment contracted from 90% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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