Pepin Elementary

As a tiny elementary school in Pepin, Wisconsin, Pepin Elementary enrolls 115 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of Pepin Area School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Pepin Elementary sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Pepin Area School District, which oversees 2 schools and 225 students, Pepin Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Pepin Elementary shows that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Pepin County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Pepin Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Pepin Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of +0.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pepin County indicate median household income runs about $75,256, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Pepin Elementary is one of 5 public schools in Pepin County (combined enrollment of about 1,219 students).

The closest other public school is Pepin High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Pepin Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 141 students in 2018 compared to 115 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 92% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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