Mineral Point Elementary

Mineral Point Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, overseen by Mineral Point Unified School District. Current enrollment sits at 377 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Mineral Point Unified School District, which oversees 3 schools and 800 students, Mineral Point Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mineral Point Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest comes out to 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Iowa County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mineral Point Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.5%.

Around the school, census data for Iowa County shows median household earnings sit near $82,182, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Iowa County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,373 students), Mineral Point Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mineral Point High, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mineral Point Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 56.4%.

Mineral Point Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Mineral Point Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 377).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.