Medford Elementary

Medford Elementary is an elementary-level community of well-populated scale in Medford, Wisconsin, run under Medford Area Public School District, serveing 587 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Medford Elementary sits 82% above that benchmark.

Within Medford Area Public School District, which oversees 5 schools and 4,282 students, Medford Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Medford Elementary shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 8% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Medford Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Medford Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Taylor County put the typical household earns roughly $69,350 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Taylor County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,123 students), Medford Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Medford High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Medford Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 46.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Medford Elementary's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 624 (now 587). White enrollment moved from 94% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.