Marshfield K4

Marshfield K4 is one of the modestly sized elementary-level communitys in Marshfield, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Marshfield Unified School District, with 158 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 51% below typical.

Marshfield K4 is one of 8 schools operated by Marshfield Unified School District, a district that works with 3,553 students overall.

On demographics, Marshfield K4 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Wood County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Marshfield K4 shows 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 46.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at Marshfield K4 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wood County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wood County put median household earnings sit near $67,989, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Wood County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students), Marshfield K4 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Marshfield Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Marshfield K4.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Marshfield K4's enrollment has shrank 34% since 2018, when it stood at 238 (now 158). White enrollment moved from 90% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 39.7:1 in 2018 to 46.6:1 in 2025.

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