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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·D C EVEREST AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551317002643
Mountain Bay Elementary
8602 Schofield Ave, Weston, WI 54476 · (715) 355-0302 · Marathon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
169 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
69.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.4% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 74.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 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 Mountain Bay Elementary
Mountain Bay Elementary's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bay Elementary this school | 451 | 37.5% | 66.3% |
| Sherman Elementary Eau Claire | 502 | 36.3% | 59.0% |
| Rothschild Elementary Rothschild | 408 | 40.9% | 54.7% |
| Riverview Elementary Wausau | 445 | 44.3% | 47.1% |
| Ferber Elementary Appleton | 499 | 32.3% | 56.4% |
| Evergreen Elementary Rothschild | 450 | 28.7% | 59.3% |
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 Mountain Bay Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Marathon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #269 of 982 | #7 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #212 of 992 ▼ 74 | #4 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #367 of 992 ▼ 213 | #8 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #234 of 1,157 | #5 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #533 of 901 | #13 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #308 of 901 | #7 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #617 of 1,064 | #14 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #604 of 664 | #19 of 22 |
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
451
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 451 | 32.9 | 13.7:1 | 37% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 31.3 | 14.7:1 | 39% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 31.8 | 15.1:1 | 34% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 34% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 36.5 | 12.8:1 | 34% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 36% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 32% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Bay Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (466 to 451); teachers down 10% (36.5 to 32.9).
About Mountain Bay Elementary
Mountain Bay Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Weston, Wisconsin. Enrollment stands at 451 students, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 40% more students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
Federal data list 12 schools in D C Everest Area School District, with 5,847 students enrolled.
The largest group at Mountain Bay Elementary is White students, at 67%. The remaining students are 17% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Marathon County, the White share is about 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mountain Bay Elementary scores 51%.
On staff are 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. About 37% of students at Mountain Bay Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Marathon County average a similar 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mountain Bay Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 81% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mountain Bay Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 66.3% actual against 54.6% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Marathon County show that the median household earns about $77,884 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Marathon County has 52 public schools with about 18,592 students, including Mountain Bay Elementary.
D C Everest Middle is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Mountain Bay Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 57.4% on proficiency, and Mountain Bay Elementary is above that at 66.3%.
Locale data from NCES put Mountain Bay Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000 (Suburb: Small).
Enrollment went from 446 in 2020-21 to 451 in 2024-25, a change of 5 students.
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Marathon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
138,403
Census ACS
Median income
$77,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
18,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in D C Everest Area School District
- D C Everest HighHigh · 1,335 students
- D C Everest Junior HighHigh · 848 students
- D C Everest MiddleMiddle · 844 students
- Weston ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Riverside ElementaryElementary · 487 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 450 students
Other schools in Weston
- D C Everest HighHigh · 1,335 students
- D C Everest Junior HighHigh · 848 students
- D C Everest MiddleMiddle · 844 students
- Weston ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- D C Everest 4K Community PartnershipElementary · 236 students
- D C Everest Idea SchoolHigh · 69 students
Nearby schools
- D C Everest Middle0.3 mi · 844
- Riverside Elementary2.2 mi · 487
- Weston Elementary2.9 mi · 519
- D C Everest Idea School3.0 mi · 69
- Odyssey Elementary3.0 mi · 64
- D C Everest 4K Community Partnership3.9 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Bay ElementaryHow many students attend Mountain Bay Elementary?
Mountain Bay Elementary enrolls approximately 451 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mountain Bay Elementary serve?
Mountain Bay Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain Bay Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain Bay Elementary is approximately 13.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mountain Bay Elementary?
Student demographics at Mountain Bay Elementary are roughly 67% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Mountain Bay Elementary in?
Mountain Bay Elementary is part of D C Everest Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.