Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCONTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551092001429
Oconto Elementary
810 Scherer Ave, Oconto, WI 54153 · (920) 834-7808 · Oconto County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
193 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 45 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 6% larger than its 4th grade class (54).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
48.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
49.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 46.3% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Oconto Elementary
Oconto Elementary's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oconto Elementary this school | 340 | 56.8% | 46.7% |
| Riverdale Elementary Muscoda | 337 | 56.4% | 59.8% |
| Kate Goodrich Elementary Merrill | 337 | 55.8% | N/A |
| Boscobel Elementary Boscobel | 311 | 58.8% | 65.0% |
| Parkview Elementary Chippewa Falls | 377 | 55.7% | 50.9% |
| Thorp Elementary Thorp | 321 | 53.9% | 59.7% |
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 Oconto Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Oconto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #671 of 982 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #599 of 992 ▲ 71 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #594 of 992 ▼ 24 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #481 of 1,157 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #320 of 901 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #791 of 901 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #312 of 1,064 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #235 of 664 | N/A |
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
340
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 340 | 27.5 | 12.3:1 | 57% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 28.5 | 12.4:1 | 57% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 28.6 | 12.9:1 | 53% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 56% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 30.3 | 13.9:1 | 46% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 52% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | 33 | 11.2:1 | 56% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 21% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oconto Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (420 to 340); teachers down 9% (30.3 to 27.5).
About Oconto Elementary
Oconto Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Oconto, Wisconsin, under Oconto Unified School District. The school has 340 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 4.
The district for Oconto Elementary is Oconto Unified School District, with 4 schools and 922 students.
Roughly 91% of students at Oconto Elementary are White. Other groups include 4% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Oconto County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
There are about 12.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Oconto Elementary, which has 27.5. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Oconto Elementary is about 57%. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Oconto County is 17 points.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Oconto Elementary outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
In Wisconsin, Oconto Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.7% actual against a predicted 42.8%.
In Oconto County, median household income comes to about $75,049, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 18, with about 4,349 students.
About 0.8 miles separate Oconto Elementary from the closest public school, Oconto Middle. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Nearby schools average 52.5% on proficiency, and Oconto Elementary is below that at 46.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Oconto Elementary had a net loss of 11 students, or 3%.
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Oconto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,589
Census ACS
Median income
$75,049
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,349 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oconto Unified School District
- Oconto HighHigh · 299 students
- Oconto MiddleMiddle · 270 students
- Northeast Wisconsin Learning AcademyHigh · 13 students
Other schools in Oconto
- Oconto HighHigh · 299 students
- Oconto MiddleMiddle · 270 students
- Northeast Wisconsin Learning AcademyHigh · 13 students
Nearby schools
- Oconto Middle0.8 mi · 270
- Northeast Wisconsin Learning Academy1.5 mi · 13
- Oconto High1.5 mi · 299
- Lena High9.7 mi · 124
- Lena Elementary9.7 mi · 180
- Abrams Elementary11.2 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Oconto ElementaryHow many students attend Oconto Elementary?
Oconto Elementary enrolls approximately 340 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Oconto Elementary serve?
Oconto Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Oconto Elementary have?
Oconto Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Oconto Elementary?
Student demographics at Oconto Elementary are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Oconto Elementary in?
Oconto Elementary is part of Oconto Unified School District.
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