New Holstein Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in New Holstein, Wisconsin, New Holstein Elementary hosts 437 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of New Holstein School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so New Holstein Elementary sits 35% bigger than that benchmark.

Within New Holstein School District, which oversees 3 schools and 981 students, New Holstein Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, New Holstein Elementary logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Calumet County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 30% of students at New Holstein Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, New Holstein Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.4%, the actual is 60.6%, a residual of +1.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Calumet County put the typical household earns roughly $88,810 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Calumet County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,846 students), New Holstein Elementary is one campus in the mix.

New Holstein Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, New Holstein Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.

New Holstein Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Holstein Elementary has decreased 9%, going from 480 students in 2018 to 437 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.