Rib Mountain Elementary

Rib Mountain Elementary is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in Wausau, Wisconsin, operated by Wausau School District, hosting 194 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% smaller than the state mean of about 323.

Rib Mountain Elementary is one of 21 schools operated by Wausau School District, a district that instructs 7,738 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Rib Mountain Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment; the rest looks like 18% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Rib Mountain Elementary logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marathon County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Rib Mountain Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.8%; this one delivers 68.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Marathon County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $77,884 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Marathon County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students), of which Rib Mountain Elementary is one.

South Mountain Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rib Mountain Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.2%.

Rib Mountain Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Rib Mountain Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 233 (now 194). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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