Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAU CLAIRE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550405000559
Northwoods Elementary
3600 Northwoods Ln, Eau Claire, WI 54703 · (715) 852-4100 · Eau Claire County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
158 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
53.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -14.5pp since 2023
Math
57.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 67.8% | 68.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% 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 17 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 →
Schools most like Northwoods Elementary
Northwoods Elementary's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwoods Elementary this school | 304 | 52.0% | 62.5% |
| Summit Environmental School La Crosse | 295 | 51.5% | 42.9% |
| Halmstad Elementary Chippewa Falls | 355 | 51.5% | 66.0% |
| Washington Elementary Wisconsin Rapids | 322 | 48.8% | 58.0% |
| Lakeshore Elementary Eau Claire | 314 | 53.8% | 49.5% |
| Jefferson Elementary Stevens Point | 276 | 53.6% | 60.2% |
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 Northwoods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Eau Claire County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #348 of 982 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #448 of 992 ▼ 187 | #7 of 17 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #482 of 992 ▼ 282 | #9 of 17 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #606 of 1,157 | #11 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #332 of 901 | #9 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #378 of 901 | #8 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.0% | #384 of 1,064 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #172 of 664 | #6 of 11 |
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
304
-48 (-14%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 304 | 24.4 | 12.5:1 | 52% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 24.4 | 12.1:1 | 49% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 26.9 | 11.8:1 | 48% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 55% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 44% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 49% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 45% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 26% (106) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwoods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (393 to 304); teachers down 13% (28 to 24.4).
About Northwoods Elementary
Northwoods Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 304 students in kindergarten through 5.
Northwoods Elementary is part of a district of 23 schools: Eau Claire Area School District, with 10,687 students.
At 73%, White students outnumber all other groups at Northwoods Elementary combined. It is also 12% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. Eau Claire County's residents are about 88% White, 15 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Northwoods Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
The school reports 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.5 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 52% of students. The average for public schools in Eau Claire County is 37%.
The allk12 Grade for Northwoods Elementary is A-. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Northwoods Elementary would score about 45.8%. It scores 62.5%, a top-10% result among Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
Eau Claire County census figures show that median household income is about $74,546, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Northwoods Elementary is among the 36 public schools in Eau Claire County.
McKinley Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 62.5% is above the 49.4% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Northwoods Elementary as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Northwoods Elementary had 352 students in 2020-21 and 304 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Eau Claire County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,116
Census ACS
Median income
$74,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
14,002 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eau Claire Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Memorial HighHigh · 1,558 students
- DeLong MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- South MiddleMiddle · 797 students
- Northstar MiddleMiddle · 529 students
- Robbins ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Eau Claire
- North HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Memorial HighHigh · 1,558 students
- DeLong MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- South MiddleMiddle · 797 students
- Northstar MiddleMiddle · 529 students
- Robbins ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other Northwoods Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Northwoods Elementary. Northwoods Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Northwoods ElementaryCary, NC · 579 students
- Northwoods ElementaryJacksonville, NC · 439 students
Nearby schools
- McKinley Charter School0.5 mi · 74
- Northstar Middle0.8 mi · 529
- Locust Lane Elementary1.2 mi · 296
- North High1.3 mi · 1,567
- Davey Elementary1.4 mi · 332
- Longfellow Elementary1.9 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Northwoods ElementaryHow many students attend Northwoods Elementary?
Northwoods Elementary enrolls approximately 304 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Northwoods Elementary serve?
Northwoods Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Northwoods Elementary?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Northwoods Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northwoods Elementary?
At Northwoods Elementary, the student body is approximately 73% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Northwoods Elementary public or private?
Northwoods Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Eau Claire Area School District.
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