Enrollment
51
Elementary
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHLAND PINES SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550386000405
Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes
6485 Town Hall Rd, Land O' Lakes, WI 54540 · (715) 547-3619 · Vilas County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL51 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
23 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes→School of Options and Applied Research Middle
Based on grade levels within Northland Pines School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
72.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% 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 21 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
51
-15 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 8.0:1
% White
90%
was 92%
% Hispanic
6%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes
Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes, a rural-scale K-5 school in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Northland Pines School District, works with 51 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 84% leaner than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.
Northland Pines School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 1,512 students. Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes 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 50.0%; this one delivers 71.0%, a residual of +21.1 points.
In the surrounding community, Vilas County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,431, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Vilas County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,771 students), Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: School of Options and Applied Research Middle, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.6%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Five-year trend. Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes's enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 66 (now 51). Class-load math has rose: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Vilas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,647
Census ACS
Median income
$68,431
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northland Pines School District
- Northland Pines Middle and High SchoolHigh · 543 students
- Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle RiverElementary · 484 students
- Northland Pines MiddleMiddle · 170 students
- Northland Pines Elementary-St GermainElementary · 87 students
- Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC)Elementary · 69 students
- School of Options and Applied Research HighHigh · 65 students
Other schools in Land O' Lakes
- School of Options and Applied Research MiddleMiddle · 43 students
Nearby schools
- School of Options and Applied Research Middle0.0 mi · 43
- Watersmeet Township School7.9 mi · 130
- Phelps Elementary9.3 mi · 61
- Phelps High9.3 mi · 27
- School of Options and Applied Research High15.5 mi · 65
- Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River15.5 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' LakesWhat is the total enrollment at Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes?
Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes enrolls approximately 51 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes serve?
Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes have?
Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes?
Student demographics at Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes are roughly 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes in?
Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes is part of Northland Pines School District.
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