New Richmond Paperjack Elementary

Set in New Richmond, Wisconsin, New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school, overseen by New Richmond School District. It teaches 333 students across grades K through 5.

New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by New Richmond School District, a district that serves 3,522 students overall.

On demographics, New Richmond Paperjack Elementary shows that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder is composed of 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, New Richmond Paperjack Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting New Richmond Paperjack Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above St. Croix County's rate of about 22%.

With demographic context factored in, New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 57.0%; this one delivers 70.8%, a residual of +13.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for St. Croix County put median household earnings sit near $103,046, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, St. Croix County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,266 students), of which New Richmond Paperjack Elementary is one.

NR4Kids is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around New Richmond Paperjack Elementary. On composite proficiency, New Richmond Paperjack Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 332 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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