Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOND DU LAC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550468000501
Pier Elementary
259 Old Pioneer Rd, Fond du Lac, WI 54935 · (920) 929-2868 · Fond du Lac County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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
11.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
169 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 49 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
48.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 42.9% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Pier Elementary
Pier Elementary's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pier Elementary this school | 274 | 61.7% | 40.0% |
| Evans Elementary Fond du Lac | 279 | 65.6% | 56.5% |
| Hoover Elementary New Berlin | 335 | 56.1% | 42.5% |
| Woodland Elementary Barron | 324 | 64.8% | 45.4% |
| Irving Elementary West Allis | 375 | 59.5% | 42.6% |
| Gegan Elementary Menasha | 258 | 70.5% | 39.1% |
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 Pier Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Fond du Lac County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #755 of 982 | #15 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #623 of 992 ▲ 84 | #14 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #750 of 992 ▼ 9 | #15 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #702 of 1,157 | #12 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #152 of 901 | #5 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #106 of 901 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #256 of 1,064 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #105 of 664 | #3 of 14 |
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
274
-20 (-7%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 274 | 24.5 | 11.2:1 | 62% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 21.1 | 12.6:1 | 64% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 24.9 | 11.5:1 | 64% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 25 | 11.8:1 | 64% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 47% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 23 | 20.5:1 | 43% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 23 | 19.3:1 | 44% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 23 | 21.2:1 | 21% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 25 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pier Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (379 to 274); teachers up 2% (24 to 24.5).
About Pier Elementary
In Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, part of Fond du Lac County, Pier Elementary is an elementary school. The school had 274 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Fond du Lac School District enrolls 6,457 students in 15 schools, including Pier Elementary.
White students form the largest group at Pier Elementary, 47% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 21% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among people living in Fond du Lac County, the White share is about 88%. The chance that two students picked at random at Pier Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
Its teaching staff equals 24.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.2:1. That ratio is under the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Around 62% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Fond du Lac County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Pier Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Pier Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.0%; the prediction is 39.8%.
Fond du Lac County has these Census figures: median household income is about $74,275, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Fond du Lac County number 42 and enroll about 13,230.
The closest other public school is Theisen Middle, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Pier Elementary's average proficiency of 40.0% compares with 52.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Pier Elementary as City: Small.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 7%, from 294 to 274.
Discussions about Pier Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fond du Lac County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,137
Census ACS
Median income
$74,275
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
13,230 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fond du Lac School District
- Fond du Lac HighHigh · 1,917 students
- Sabish MiddleMiddle · 445 students
- Theisen MiddleMiddle · 431 students
- Woodworth MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Waters ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Lakeshore ElementaryElementary · 354 students
Other schools in Fond du Lac
- Fond du Lac HighHigh · 1,917 students
- Sabish MiddleMiddle · 445 students
- Theisen MiddleMiddle · 431 students
- Woodworth MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Waters ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Lakeshore ElementaryElementary · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Theisen Middle0.4 mi · 431
- Waters Elementary0.7 mi · 389
- Riverside Elementary1.0 mi · 273
- Roberts Elementary1.2 mi · 317
- Fond du Lac STEM Academy1.4 mi · 162
- Woodworth Middle1.7 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Pier ElementaryHow many students attend Pier Elementary?
Pier Elementary enrolls approximately 274 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pier Elementary serve?
Pier Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pier Elementary?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Pier Elementary.
How diverse is Pier Elementary?
Pier Elementary reports a student body of 47% White, 21% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Pier Elementary public or private?
Pier Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fond du Lac School District.
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