Enrollment
87
Elementary
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHLAND PINES SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550386000408
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain
8234 Highway 70 W, Saint Germain, WI 54558 · (715) 542-3632 · Vilas County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL87 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- C+Beats 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
12.7:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
40 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 6 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 47% larger than its 4th grade class (15).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain→School of Options and Applied Research Middle
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -32.2pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 32 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.1% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 37.5% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain this school | 87 | 46.0% | 50.0% |
| Coloma Elementary Coloma | 100 | 47.0% | 61.0% |
| Kansasville Elementary Kansasville | 81 | 44.4% | 76.8% |
| Parkview Early Learning Center Mayville | 70 | 47.1% | N/A |
| La Farge Elementary La Farge | 83 | 45.8% | 52.0% |
| Birchwood Elementary Birchwood | 86 | 43.0% | 37.9% |
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 Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Vilas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 87 | #1,099 of 1,157 | #5 of 8 |
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
87
-2 (-2%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 119
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 87 | 6.9 | 12.7:1 | 46% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 92 | 8.4 | 10.9:1 | 48% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 90 | 8.4 | 10.7:1 | 52% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 89 | 8 | 11.1:1 | 66% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 84 | 8.4 | 10.0:1 | 49% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 110 | 10 | 11.0:1 | 45% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 138 | 10 | 13.8:1 | 22% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 158 | 15 | 10.5:1 | 25% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 119 | 6 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (84 to 87); teachers down 18% (8.4 to 6.9).
About Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain is a very small elementary school in Saint Germain, Wisconsin, administered by Northland Pines School District. Its enrollment is 87 students, spread over pre-K through 4. That compares with an average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain falls under Northland Pines School District, which has 8 schools enrolling 1,512 students.
At Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain, 84% of students are White. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Census estimates put Vilas County at about 85% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain scores 28%.
Staffing at Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain comes to 6.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain counts 46% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 32% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 50.0% actual against 49.4% predicted.
For the population of Vilas County, the median household earns about $68,431 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain shares Vilas County with 12 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC) is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within ten miles number 2. The nearest schools with test data average 56.4%, higher than Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain's 50.0%.
Under the NCES locale system, Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 89 in 2020-21 and 87 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 11.1:1 to 12.7:1.
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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 Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC)Elementary · 69 students
- School of Options and Applied Research HighHigh · 65 students
- Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' LakesElementary · 51 students
Other schools in Saint Germain
- Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC)Elementary · 69 students
Nearby schools
- Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC)0.0 mi · 69
- Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary9.6 mi · 514
- Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA)10.4 mi · 21
- Lakeland High10.4 mi · 696
- Lakeland STAR School--Strong Talented Adventurous Remarkable11.1 mi · 2
- School of Options and Applied Research High11.7 mi · 65
Frequently asked questions
About Northland Pines Elementary-St GermainWhat is the total enrollment at Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain?
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain enrolls approximately 87 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain serve?
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain?
At Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain, the student body is approximately 84% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain?
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain is overseen by Northland Pines School District in Vilas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.