Minocqua Elementary

Located at 7450 Titus Dr, in Minocqua, Wisconsin, Minocqua Elementary is an expansive K-5 school that enrolls 506 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Minocqua J1 School District. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 57% above typical.

Minocqua J1 School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 508 students. Minocqua Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Minocqua Elementary lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 94%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Minocqua Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Oneida County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Minocqua Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 68.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Oneida County shows median household earnings sit near $69,371, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Minocqua Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Oneida County (combined enrollment of about 3,949 students).

Lakeland High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Minocqua Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Minocqua Elementary's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 520 (now 506). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Minocqua Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.