Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 247 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISCONSIN RAPIDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551707002781
Mead Elementary
241 17th Ave S, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495 · (715) 424-6777 · Wood County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
208 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mead Elementary→Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle
Based on grade levels within Wisconsin Rapids School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
33.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -11.5pp since 2023
Math
37.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.9% | 37.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 41.5% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mead Elementary
Mead Elementary's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mead Elementary this school | 266 | 78.2% | 43.9% |
| Adams Elementary Janesville | 267 | 76.8% | 39.6% |
| Howe Elementary Wisconsin Rapids | 336 | 66.1% | 57.3% |
| Koenig Elementary Two Rivers | 326 | 66.9% | 31.5% |
| Gegan Elementary Menasha | 258 | 70.5% | 39.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary Oshkosh | 260 | 64.6% | 38.3% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mead Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Wood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #716 of 982 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #767 of 992 ▼ 42 | #14 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #798 of 992 ▼ 126 | #15 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #726 of 1,157 | #11 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #26 of 901 | #1 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #273 of 901 | #1 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.2% | #127 of 1,064 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #109 of 664 | #4 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
266
-67 (-20%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 266 | 27.9 | 9.5:1 | 78% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 30.2 | 9.8:1 | 86% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 31.7 | 9.3:1 | 84% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 34 | 9.8:1 | 76% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 33.3 | 11.0:1 | 68% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 79% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 33 | 12.7:1 | 68% (285) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mead Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (367 to 266); teachers down 16% (33.3 to 27.9).
About Mead Elementary
Mead Elementary is the name of a small elementary school in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. The school had 266 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
District-wide, Wisconsin Rapids School District has 12 schools and 4,578 students.
At 65%, White students outnumber all other groups at Mead Elementary combined. Other students are 15% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. By comparison, Wood County residents are about 91% White. Mead Elementary has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 78%. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Wood County.
Mead Elementary scores 14.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 43.9% actual versus 29.7% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Wood County, median household income is about $67,989, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Wood County number 32 and enroll about 10,849.
The school nearest to Mead Elementary is Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle, at a distance of about 1.2 miles. Within five miles of Mead Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Mead Elementary is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
The student count in 2024-25 was 266, 20% below the 333 of 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Wood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,004
Census ACS
Median income
$67,989
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
10,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wisconsin Rapids School District
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,337 students
- Wisconsin Rapids Area MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Woodside ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Howe ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 267 students
Other schools in Wisconsin Rapids
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,337 students
- Wisconsin Rapids Area MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Woodside ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Howe ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 267 students
Other Mead Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mead Elementary. Mead Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Mead Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 887 students
- Mead Elementary SchoolMEAD, CO · 879 students
- MEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMEAD, NE · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle1.2 mi · 943
- Central Oaks Academy1.3 mi · 88
- Howe Elementary1.3 mi · 336
- Grove Elementary1.9 mi · 178
- WRPS / Pitsch Early Learning2.0 mi · 208
- Lincoln High2.3 mi · 1,337
Frequently asked questions
About Mead ElementaryHow many students attend Mead Elementary?
Mead Elementary enrolls approximately 266 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mead Elementary serve?
Mead Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mead Elementary have?
Mead Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Mead Elementary?
Student demographics at Mead Elementary are roughly 65% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Mead Elementary in?
Mead Elementary is part of Wisconsin Rapids School District.
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