Enrollment
133
Elementary
DISTRICT 109 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRENTICE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551221001588
Prentice Elementary
1025 Town St, Prentice, WI 54556 · (715) 428-2812 · Price County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL133 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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.
- A-Beats 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
10.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
82 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 19 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 27% smaller than its 4th grade class (22).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Based on grade levels within Prentice School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
46.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 46.9% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 50.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Prentice Elementary
Prentice Elementary's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Elementary this school | 133 | 61.7% | 53.9% |
| Redgranite Elementary Redgranite | 130 | 63.1% | 33.1% |
| Pembine Elementary Pembine | 139 | 66.9% | 55.9% |
| Weston Elementary Cazenovia | 117 | 59.8% | 48.4% |
| Wonewoc-Center Elementary Wonewoc | 175 | 58.9% | 53.0% |
| Northwood Elementary Minong | 133 | 54.9% | 39.7% |
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 Prentice Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #550 of 982 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #643 of 992 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #542 of 992 ▼ 173 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 133 | #1,024 of 1,157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #257 of 1,064 |
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
133
+31 (+30%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 228
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 133 | 13.3 | 10.0:1 | 62% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 124 | 12.4 | 10.0:1 | 68% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 128 | 12.9 | 9.9:1 | 64% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 102 | 10 | 10.2:1 | 64% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 83 | 10.5 | 7.9:1 | 52% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 77 | 9 | 8.6:1 | 47% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 90 | 7 | 12.9:1 | 50% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 179 | 10 | 17.9:1 | 32% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 228 | 12 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prentice Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 60% (83 to 133); teachers up 26% (10.5 to 13.3).
About Prentice Elementary
Prentice Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Prentice, Wisconsin. The school had 133 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
Prentice School District oversees Prentice Elementary and 2 other schools, with 328 students in total.
The student body at Prentice Elementary is 89% White. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 13.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin have 14.7:1, compared with 10.0:1 here. Around 62% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 34 points above the 28% average for public schools in Price County.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Prentice Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 39.8% for Prentice Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 53.9%. The 14.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools.
Prentice Elementary is located in Price County, where the median household income is $60,546, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides Prentice Elementary, Price County has 8 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Prentice Middle is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Prentice Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Prentice Elementary is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Prentice Elementary as Rural: Remote.
Prentice Elementary's enrollment climbed from 102 in 2020-21 to 133 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Prentice Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Price County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,092
Census ACS
Median income
$60,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,464 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prentice School District
- Prentice HighHigh · 105 students
- Prentice MiddleMiddle · 90 students
Other schools in Prentice
- Prentice HighHigh · 105 students
- Prentice MiddleMiddle · 90 students
Nearby schools
- Prentice Middle0.0 mi · 90
- Prentice High0.0 mi · 105
- Phillips Elementary11.5 mi · 302
- Phillips Middle11.9 mi · 144
- Phillips High11.9 mi · 204
- Rib Lake Elementary15.5 mi · 239
Frequently asked questions
About Prentice ElementaryHow large is Prentice Elementary?
Prentice Elementary enrolls approximately 133 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Prentice Elementary serve?
Prentice Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prentice Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prentice Elementary is approximately 10.0:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prentice Elementary?
At Prentice Elementary, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Prentice Elementary public or private?
Prentice Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prentice School District.
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