Marathon Elementary

Marathon Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Marathon, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Marathon City School District. Current enrollment sits at 323 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Marathon City School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 770 students. Marathon Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Marathon Elementary shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Marathon County as a whole.

On the resource side, Marathon Elementary logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 27% 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 Marathon County (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Marathon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.9%; this one delivers 63.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Marathon County put the typical household earns roughly $77,884 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Marathon County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students), of which Marathon Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Marathon Venture Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Marathon Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marathon Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 62.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 324 students in 2018 compared to 323 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 92% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.