Northwestern Elementary

Northwestern Elementary, a well-populated elementary school in Poplar, Wisconsin, operated by Maple School District, works with 515 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 59% bigger than typical.

Maple School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,271 students; Northwestern Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Northwestern Elementary shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northwestern Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Douglas County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,099, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Douglas County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,519 students), Northwestern Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Northwestern Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Northwestern Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwestern Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 519 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025.

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