Pardeeville Elementary

Pardeeville Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Pardeeville, Wisconsin, part of Pardeeville Area School District, with 331 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Pardeeville Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Pardeeville Area School District, a district that caters to 863 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pardeeville Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest comes out to 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Columbia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pardeeville Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Columbia County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,351 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pardeeville Elementary is one of 31 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 8,498 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pardeeville Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Pardeeville Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pardeeville Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pardeeville Elementary has decreased 3%, going from 343 students in 2018 to 331 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.