Odyssey Elementary

As a tiny K-5 school in Weston, Wisconsin, Odyssey Elementary serves 64 students from grades K through 5, part of D C Everest Area School District. Enrollment runs roughly 80% leaner than the state mean of about 323.

D C Everest Area School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,847 students. Odyssey Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Odyssey Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest reads as 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Odyssey Elementary has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marathon County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Odyssey Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Marathon County indicate median household income runs about $77,884, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Odyssey Elementary is one of 52 public schools in Marathon County (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students).

Nearest neighbor: D C Everest Idea School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Odyssey Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Odyssey Elementary's enrollment has rose 83% since 2018, when it stood at 35 (now 64). White enrollment moved from 91% to 83% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.