Marinette Primary

Marinette Primary operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Marinette, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Marinette School District. Current enrollment sits at 390 students spanning grades pre-K through 1. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Marinette Primary sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

Marinette Primary is one of 4 schools operated by Marinette School District, a district that instructs 1,914 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Marinette Primary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). The remainder consists of 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 94%.

On the resource side, Marinette Primary logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Marinette County put median household income runs about $63,809, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marinette Primary is one of 22 public schools in Marinette County (combined enrollment of about 5,654 students).

Nearest neighbor: Marinette Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marinette Primary.

Marinette Primary operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Marinette Primary's enrollment has increased 167% since 2018, when it stood at 146 (now 390). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 95% to 81%. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.

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