Robinson Elementary

Robinson Elementary is a small elementary school in Laona, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Laona School District. The school serves 145 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Robinson Elementary sits 55% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Laona School District, which oversees 2 schools and 291 students, Robinson Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Robinson Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 17% Native American, 9% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Robinson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.7%, the actual is 36.4%, a residual of -13.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Forest County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,071 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Forest County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,483 students), of which Robinson Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Laona High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Robinson Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Robinson Elementary has edged down 6%, going from 154 students in 2018 to 145 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 85% to 70% over that span.

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