Pembine Elementary

Pembine Elementary is one of the tight-knit primary schools in Pembine, Wisconsin, part of Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District, with 139 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Pembine Elementary sits 57% below that benchmark.

Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 226 students; Pembine Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Pembine Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% multiracial, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Marinette County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at Pembine Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marinette County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pembine Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.6%; Pembine Elementary posts 55.9%, +19.3 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Marinette County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,809 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Marinette County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,654 students), of which Pembine Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Pembine High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pembine Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 55.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pembine Elementary has ticked up 15%, going from 121 students in 2018 to 139 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.