Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain

Located at 8234 Highway 70 W, in Saint Germain, Wisconsin, Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain is a micro-enrollment elementary campus that educates 87 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by Northland Pines School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain sits 73% leaner than that benchmark.

Northland Pines School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 1,512 students. Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Vilas County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of +0.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Vilas County put the typical household earns roughly $68,431 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain is one of 13 public schools in Vilas County (combined enrollment of about 2,771 students).

Nearest neighbor: Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC), around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 84 students in 2018 compared to 87 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 6% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.