Marshfield K4

This page covers Marshfield K4, a small elementary school in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The school runs pre-K and enrolls 158 students. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have about 323 students on average; enrollment here is 51% lower.

Marshfield Unified School District runs Marshfield K4 along with 7 other schools, enrolling 3,553 students in total.

White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Wood County, the White share is about 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.

Marshfield K4 reports a ratio of 46.6 students per teacher, from 3.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 46.6:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Lunch program data show 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 8 points below the 43% average for public schools in Wood County.

In the surrounding county, Wood County, the median household earns about $67,989 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Wood County has 32 public schools with about 10,849 students, including Marshfield K4.

Marshfield K4's closest public school neighbor is Marshfield Middle, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Marshfield K4 holds 6 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, Marshfield K4 is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 35 students, from 193 to 158. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (46.6:1) than in 2020-21 (38.6:1).

Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.