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What's one thing Red Creek Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLACK RIVER FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550126002428
Red Creek Elementary
410 County Road A, Black River Falls, WI 54615 · (715) 284-7155 · Jackson County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
257 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 94 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 25% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Black River Falls School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 43.2% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Red Creek Elementary
Red Creek Elementary's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Creek Elementary this school | 436 | 58.9% | 44.6% |
| Washington Elementary Janesville | 410 | 56.8% | 57.5% |
| Hillcrest Primary School Shawano | 472 | 60.4% | N/A |
| Lake Superior Elementary Ashland | 603 | 57.2% | 38.6% |
| Brener Elementary Shawano | 389 | 56.8% | 45.3% |
| Tainter Elementary Rice Lake | 445 | 56.4% | 50.3% |
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 Red Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #708 of 982 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #693 of 992 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #764 of 992 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #269 of 1,157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #312 of 901 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #295 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.9% | #285 of 1,064 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #373 of 664 |
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
436
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
+44% since 2000-01, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 436 | 35.4 | 12.3:1 | 59% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 38.8 | 11.8:1 | 57% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 38.2 | 12.1:1 | 63% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 65% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 34.5 | 14.5:1 | 49% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 59% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 25 | 11.1:1 | 50% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 303 | 20 | 15.2:1 | 33% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Red Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (502 to 436); teachers up 3% (34.5 to 35.4).
About Red Creek Elementary
Red Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Black River Falls, Wisconsin. There are 436 students enrolled, covering grades 2 through 5. That puts enrollment 35% above the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Red Creek Elementary sits within Black River Falls School District, which has 4 schools and 1,552 students.
At Red Creek Elementary, 66% of students are White. The remaining students are 18% Native American, 9% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Census figures show Jackson County is about 86% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Red Creek Elementary scores 52%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. The school has 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 2.4 students per teacher. In all, 59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Jackson County is 8 points.
Red Creek Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
A school with Red Creek Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 41.5%. Red Creek Elementary scores 44.6%, 3.1 points above that line.
For the population of Jackson County, the median household earns about $68,110 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Red Creek Elementary shares Jackson County with 9 other public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Forrest Street Elementary School, is the closest to Red Creek Elementary. Red Creek Elementary has 3 other public schools within five miles. The school's 44.6% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 436, from 462 in 2020-21.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,981
Census ACS
Median income
$68,110
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Black River Falls School District
- Black River Falls HighHigh · 500 students
- Black River Falls MiddleMiddle · 327 students
- Forrest Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 289 students
Other schools in Black River Falls
- Black River Falls HighHigh · 500 students
- Black River Falls MiddleMiddle · 327 students
- Forrest Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 289 students
- DOC: Black River Correctional CtrHigh
- DOC: Jackson Correctional InstitutionHigh
Other Red Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Red Creek Elementary. Red Creek Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Red Creek ElementaryCasper, WY · 3 students
Nearby schools
- Forrest Street Elementary School0.2 mi · 289
- Black River Falls Middle1.0 mi · 327
- Black River Falls High1.1 mi · 500
- Lincoln Jr/Sr High School9.5 mi · 250
- Lincoln Elementary10.1 mi · 339
- Blair-Taylor Elementary17.7 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Red Creek ElementaryHow large is Red Creek Elementary?
Red Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 436 students in grades 02-05.
What age range does Red Creek Elementary serve?
Red Creek Elementary serves students from grade 02 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Red Creek Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Red Creek Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Red Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Red Creek Elementary are roughly 66% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Red Creek Elementary in?
Red Creek Elementary is part of Black River Falls School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.