Prentice Elementary

Prentice Elementary operates as a close-knit elementary school in Prentice, Wisconsin, overseen by Prentice School District. Current enrollment sits at 133 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Prentice Elementary sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.

Prentice School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 328 students; Prentice Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Prentice Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Prentice Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Price County's rate of about 28%.

With demographic context factored in, Prentice Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 39.8%; this one delivers 53.9%, a residual of +14.1 points.

Across the wider county, Price County reports that median household income runs about $60,546, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Price County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,464 students), Prentice Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Prentice High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prentice Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Prentice Elementary's enrollment has increased 60% since 2018, when it stood at 83 (now 133). The White share of enrollment edged down from 93% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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