Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW RICHMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551062000225
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary
1011 E 11th St, New Richmond, WI 54017 · (715) 243-7400 · St. Croix County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
112 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
13%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.
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
68.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 68.3% |
| 2023-24 | 72.7% | 69.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Paperjack Elementary
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Richmond Paperjack Elementary this school | 333 | 33.6% | 70.8% |
| Saint Croix Falls Elementary Saint Croix Falls | 303 | 34.7% | 83.3% |
| Black Creek Elementary Black Creek | 345 | 34.8% | 53.5% |
| West Elementary Milton | 322 | 35.1% | 58.2% |
| Trailside Elementary Waterford | 331 | 32.3% | 61.3% |
| Osceola Intermediate Osceola | 275 | 34.5% | 63.6% |
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 Paperjack Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In St. Croix County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #177 of 982 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #231 of 992 ▲ 12 | #6 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #194 of 992 ▼ 85 | #5 of 13 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #514 of 1,157 | #9 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #427 of 901 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.6% | #863 of 901 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #683 of 1,064 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #236 of 240 | N/A |
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
333
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 333 | 25.6 | 13.0:1 | 34% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 25.1 | 13.3:1 | 32% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 23.6 | 14.3:1 | 29% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 33% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 21.2 | 15.6:1 | 17% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 30% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 19 | 16.1:1 | 32% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 24 | 17.9:1 | 15% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Richmond Paperjack Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (332 to 333); teachers up 20% (21.2 to 25.6).
About New Richmond Paperjack Elementary
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in New Richmond, Wisconsin. The school reports 333 students in kindergarten through 5.
New Richmond School District runs 7 schools with a combined 3,522 students. New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is one of them.
White students make up 93% of enrollment at New Richmond Paperjack Elementary. Other students are 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, St. Croix County is about 92% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 13% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. That is lower than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 34%. The gap from the 22% average for public schools in St. Croix County is 12 points.
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, New Richmond Paperjack Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Wisconsin. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.8%, against a prediction of 57.0%.
Among St. Croix County residents, the median household income is $103,046, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is one of 31 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is NR4Kids, less than a tenth of a mile away. New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. New Richmond Paperjack Elementary comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
The school's size has been steady, with 332 students in 2020-21 and 333 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.8:1 to 13.0:1.
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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 Hillside ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- New Richmond Starr ElementaryElementary · 555 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 Hillside ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- New Richmond Starr ElementaryElementary · 555 students
- NR4KidsElementary · 268 students
- New Richmond Early Childhood Special EducationElementary · 20 students
Nearby schools
- NR4Kids0.0 mi · 268
- New Richmond Middle0.4 mi · 729
- New Richmond Early Childhood Special Education0.5 mi · 20
- New Richmond Starr Elementary0.5 mi · 555
- New Richmond Hillside Elementary0.8 mi · 570
- New Richmond High1.0 mi · 1,047
Frequently asked questions
About New Richmond Paperjack ElementaryHow large is New Richmond Paperjack Elementary?
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary enrolls approximately 333 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does New Richmond Paperjack Elementary serve?
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does New Richmond Paperjack Elementary have?
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is New Richmond Paperjack Elementary?
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees New Richmond Paperjack Elementary?
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is overseen by New Richmond School District in St. Croix County.
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