Enrollment
171
Elementary
DISTRICT 185 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PECATONICA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550131000181
Pecatonica Elementary
701 School Rd, Hollandale, WI 53544 · (608) 523-4283 · Iowa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
63 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 20 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pecatonica Elementary→Pecatonica High
Based on grade levels within Pecatonica Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
50.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 54.2% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Pecatonica Elementary
Pecatonica Elementary's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecatonica Elementary this school | 171 | 36.8% | 54.4% |
| Rio Elementary Rio | 169 | 37.3% | 63.7% |
| North Lakeland Elementary Manitowish Waters | 158 | 34.2% | 80.1% |
| Lena Elementary Lena | 180 | 40.0% | 66.4% |
| Alma Elementary Alma | 184 | 33.7% | 64.7% |
| THINK Academy-Together Helping INspire Kids Rudolph | 202 | 36.1% | 65.2% |
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 Pecatonica Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Iowa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #539 of 982 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #580 of 992 ▼ 25 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #520 of 992 ▼ 78 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #960 of 1,157 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #623 of 1,064 | #3 of 6 |
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
171
-18 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 208
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 171 | 18.8 | 9.1:1 | 37% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 179 | 18.8 | 9.6:1 | 35% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 184 | 18.8 | 9.8:1 | 35% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 189 | 18 | 10.5:1 | 39% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 199 | 18 | 11.1:1 | 34% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 207 | 19 | 10.9:1 | 35% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 206 | 17 | 12.1:1 | 41% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 240 | 19 | 12.6:1 | 9% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 208 | 19 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pecatonica Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (199 to 171); teachers up 5% (18 to 18.8).
About Pecatonica Elementary
Pecatonica Elementary is an elementary school located in Hollandale, Wisconsin, in Iowa County. The school reports 171 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 47% smaller than the 323 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Pecatonica Elementary sits within Pecatonica Area School District, which has 2 schools and 369 students.
Pecatonica Elementary enrolls a student body that is 95% White. After that, the student body is 2% multiracial. For comparison, Iowa County is about 93% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Pecatonica Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 10%.
The school has about 9.1 students per teacher and 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 37%.
The allk12 Grade for Pecatonica Elementary is C+. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 55.0% at Pecatonica Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Iowa County, median household income is about $82,182, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The public schools of Iowa County number 15 and enroll about 3,373.
Nearby, Pecatonica High is about 5.8 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number 4. On average proficiency, Pecatonica Elementary is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 10%, from 189 to 171. By 2024-25, the school had 9.1 students per teacher, compared with 10.5 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Iowa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,867
Census ACS
Median income
$82,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,373 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Pecatonica Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pecatonica Elementary. Pecatonica Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Pecatonica Elementary SchoolPecatonica, IL · 307 students
Nearby schools
- Pecatonica High5.8 mi · 198
- Barneveld High10.0 mi · 118
- Barneveld Middle School10.0 mi · 96
- Barneveld Elementary10.0 mi · 229
- Argyle Middle11.8 mi · 62
- Argyle High11.8 mi · 85
Frequently asked questions
About Pecatonica ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pecatonica Elementary?
Pecatonica Elementary enrolls approximately 171 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pecatonica Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pecatonica Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pecatonica Elementary?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at Pecatonica Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pecatonica Elementary?
At Pecatonica Elementary, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Pecatonica Elementary in?
Pecatonica Elementary is part of Pecatonica Area School District.
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