River Crest Elementary

River Crest Elementary is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Hudson, Wisconsin, run under Hudson School District, with 366 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Hudson School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,119 students; River Crest Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, River Crest Elementary reports that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at school resources, River Crest Elementary lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), River Crest Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for St. Croix County put median household earnings sit near $103,046, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. River Crest Elementary is one of 31 public schools in St. Croix County (combined enrollment of about 14,266 students).

The closest other public school is AFTON-LAKELAND ELEMENTARY, roughly 2.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), River Crest Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.9%.

River Crest Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. River Crest Elementary's enrollment has declined 29% since 2018, when it stood at 513 (now 366). The White share of enrollment shrank from 88% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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