Enrollment
237
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA CROSSE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550753000857
Northside Elementary
1611 Kane St, La Crosse, WI 54603 · (608) 789-7970 · La Crosse County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL237 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest 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
7.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
201 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 23 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
23.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
32.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +10.3pp 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 32 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.8% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 22.1% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Northside Elementary
Northside Elementary's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Elementary this school | 237 | 84.8% | 27.1% |
| James Madison Elementary Sheboygan | 327 | 74.6% | 48.6% |
| Hintgen Elementary La Crosse | 210 | 79.0% | 31.2% |
| Hawthorn Hills Elementary Wausau | 227 | 70.9% | 47.4% |
| Grant Elementary Sheboygan | 337 | 83.4% | 43.6% |
| Longfellow Elementary Sheboygan | 234 | 94.0% | 25.6% |
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 Northside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In La Crosse County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #860 of 982 | #19 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #804 of 992 ▲ 74 | #17 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #876 of 992 ▲ 29 | #19 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 237 | #810 of 1,157 | #16 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.3:1 | #1 of 901 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #36 of 901 | #1 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #90 of 1,064 | #1 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.6% | #34 of 664 | #2 of 16 |
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
237
-75 (-24%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 237 | 32.6 | 7.3:1 | 85% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 254 | 33 | 7.7:1 | 82% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 256 | 32.5 | 7.9:1 | 78% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 36 | 8.7:1 | 85% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 34 | 11.2:1 | 76% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 82% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 185 | 15 | 12.3:1 | 75% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 212 | 16 | 13.3:1 | 35% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 316 | 20 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (380 to 237); teachers down 4% (34 to 32.6).
About Northside Elementary
Northside Elementary is a small elementary school. Its address is in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It enrolled 237 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 27% lower than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, which is about 323.
La Crosse School District runs 19 schools with a combined 5,717 students. Northside Elementary is one of them.
At Northside Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 41%. The remaining shares are 23% Asian, 19% multiracial, 9% Black, and 8% Hispanic. La Crosse County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school's share is lower. Northside Elementary's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 7.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The school's lunch program data list 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 35% average among public schools in La Crosse County.
Northside Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Northside Elementary's results are 1.5 points above predicted: 27.1% against 25.6%.
Among La Crosse County residents, the median household income is $73,013, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Northside Elementary, La Crosse County has 37 other public schools.
Coulee Montessori Charter School is the public school closest to Northside Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.4%; Northside Elementary's is 27.1%, ranking 9th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Northside Elementary inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Enrollment has fallen by 75 students since 2020-21, to 237. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 8.7:1 to 7.3:1.
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La Crosse County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,488
Census ACS
Median income
$73,013
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
14,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Crosse School District
- Central HighHigh · 969 students
- Logan HighHigh · 729 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- Logan MiddleMiddle · 424 students
- Southern Bluffs ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Spence ElementaryElementary · 329 students
Other schools in La Crosse
- Central HighHigh · 969 students
- Logan HighHigh · 729 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- Logan MiddleMiddle · 424 students
- Southern Bluffs ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Spence ElementaryElementary · 329 students
Other Northside Elementary schools
42 other US public schools in 19 states are named Northside Elementary. Northside Elementary is the 39th largest of the 43.
- Northside ElementarySun Prairie, WI · 439 students
- Northside ElementaryMonroe, WI · 362 students
- Northside ElementaryMiddleton, WI · 307 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,073 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolClinton, MS · 683 students
Nearby schools
- Coulee Montessori Charter School0.0 mi · 118
- School of Technology and Arts II0.3 mi · 39
- Logan Middle0.3 mi · 424
- Logan High0.4 mi · 729
- Summit Environmental School1.3 mi · 295
- Onalaska High2.1 mi · 925
Frequently asked questions
About Northside ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Northside Elementary?
Northside Elementary enrolls approximately 237 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Northside Elementary serve?
Northside Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northside Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northside Elementary is approximately 7.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Northside Elementary?
Northside Elementary reports a student body of 41% White, 8% Hispanic, 9% Black, 23% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is Northside Elementary in?
Northside Elementary is part of La Crosse School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.