Red Smith K-8

As a roomy elementary-level community in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Red Smith K-8 instructs 924 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Green Bay Area Public School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Red Smith K-8 sits 186% larger than that benchmark.

Within Green Bay Area Public School District, which oversees 44 schools and 18,722 students, Red Smith K-8 is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Red Smith K-8 records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Red Smith K-8 has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at Red Smith K-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Red Smith K-8 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Brown County) records that median household earnings sit near $79,649, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brown County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,385 students), of which Red Smith K-8 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Brown County Institute of Learning, around 2.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Red Smith K-8 at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Red Smith K-8 has expanded 3%, going from 894 students in 2018 to 924 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 74% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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