Oostburg Elementary

Set in Oostburg, Wisconsin, Oostburg Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community, one of the schools within Oostburg School District. It educates 479 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 48% bigger than typical.

Oostburg Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Oostburg School District, a district that works with 1,011 students overall.

Demographically, Oostburg Elementary lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Sheboygan County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Oostburg Elementary shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Oostburg Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Sheboygan County's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oostburg Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.6%; this one delivers 76.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Sheboygan County shows median household income runs about $73,094, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Sheboygan County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,340 students), of which Oostburg Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Oostburg High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Oostburg Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 64.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 479 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 12% to 8% over that span.

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