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How has New Richmond Hillside Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW RICHMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551062002789
New Richmond Hillside Elementary
635 E Richmond Way, New Richmond, WI 54017 · (715) 243-1400 · St. Croix County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
200 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within New Richmond School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
51.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.2% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.9% | 60.2% |
% 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
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 New Richmond Hillside Elementary
New Richmond Hillside Elementary's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Richmond Hillside Elementary this school | 570 | 35.1% | 54.7% |
| Altoona Elementary Altoona | 555 | 33.5% | 57.6% |
| Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary Arbor Vitae | 514 | 36.8% | 63.0% |
| Minocqua Elementary Minocqua | 506 | 32.4% | 68.0% |
| Wheatland Center Elementary Burlington | 644 | 33.1% | 61.5% |
| Grant Elementary Marshfield | 554 | 33.8% | 67.0% |
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 New Richmond Hillside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In St. Croix County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #534 of 982 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #573 of 992 ▼ 147 | #12 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #436 of 992 ▲ 24 | #11 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #82 of 1,157 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #609 of 901 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #671 of 901 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #656 of 1,064 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #634 of 664 | #10 of 10 |
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
570
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 570 | 40.2 | 14.2:1 | 35% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 39.7 | 14.3:1 | 36% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 38.2 | 14.6:1 | 35% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 36 | 15.7:1 | 30% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 34.5 | 16.8:1 | 21% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 29% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 27% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Richmond Hillside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (579 to 570); teachers up 16% (34.5 to 40.2).
About New Richmond Hillside Elementary
In New Richmond, Wisconsin, part of St. Croix County, New Richmond Hillside Elementary is an elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 570 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 76% larger than the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
New Richmond School District counts 3,522 students in its 7 schools, and New Richmond Hillside Elementary is one of them.
New Richmond Hillside Elementary is 86% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, New Richmond Hillside Elementary scores 25%.
The school's 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. That is in line with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Income data for the school show 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in St. Croix County averages 22%, lower than here.
New Richmond Hillside Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
New Richmond Hillside Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (54.7%) and its predicted rate (56.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
Census data for St. Croix County show median household income comes to about $103,046, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 31 public schools in the county, enrolling about 14,266, New Richmond Hillside Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, New Richmond High, is the closest to New Richmond Hillside Elementary. New Richmond Hillside Elementary has 6 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, New Richmond Hillside Elementary ranks 6th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around New Richmond Hillside Elementary as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 564 to 570. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
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St. Croix County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,033
Census ACS
Median income
$103,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
14,266 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Richmond School District
- New Richmond HighHigh · 1,047 students
- New Richmond MiddleMiddle · 729 students
- New Richmond Starr ElementaryElementary · 555 students
- New Richmond Paperjack ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- NR4KidsElementary · 268 students
- New Richmond Early Childhood Special EducationElementary · 20 students
Other schools in New Richmond
- New Richmond HighHigh · 1,047 students
- New Richmond MiddleMiddle · 729 students
- New Richmond Starr ElementaryElementary · 555 students
- New Richmond Paperjack ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- NR4KidsElementary · 268 students
- New Richmond Early Childhood Special EducationElementary · 20 students
Nearby schools
- New Richmond High0.2 mi · 1,047
- New Richmond Paperjack Elementary0.8 mi · 333
- NR4Kids0.8 mi · 268
- New Richmond Middle0.9 mi · 729
- New Richmond Starr Elementary0.9 mi · 555
- New Richmond Early Childhood Special Education0.9 mi · 20
Frequently asked questions
About New Richmond Hillside ElementaryHow large is New Richmond Hillside Elementary?
New Richmond Hillside Elementary enrolls approximately 570 students in grades KG-05.
Is New Richmond Hillside Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Richmond Hillside Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at New Richmond Hillside Elementary?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at New Richmond Hillside Elementary.
How diverse is New Richmond Hillside Elementary?
New Richmond Hillside Elementary reports a student body of 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees New Richmond Hillside Elementary?
New Richmond Hillside Elementary is overseen by New Richmond School District in St. Croix County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.