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Alumni: what's one memory from Rock Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUDSON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550669000731
Rock Elementary
340 13th St S, Hudson, WI 54016 · (715) 377-3840 · St. Croix County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
83 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Based on grade levels within Hudson School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
Math
65.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
383
-118 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.1:1
% White
84%
was 82%
% Hispanic
8%
was 6%
% Black
1%
was 4%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Rock Elementary
Rock Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Hudson, Wisconsin, overseen by Hudson School District. The school educates 383 students in grades K through 5.
Hudson School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,119 students. Rock Elementary is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Rock Elementary logs that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Rock Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Rock Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.3%; this one delivers 56.8%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Croix County put median household income runs about $103,046, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Rock Elementary is one of 31 public schools in St. Croix County (combined enrollment of about 14,266 students).
Hudson Virtual Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rock Elementary. On composite proficiency, Rock Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 68.0%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Five-year trend. Rock Elementary's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 501 (now 383). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Rock Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
St. Croix County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,033
Census ACS
Median income
$103,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
14,266 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hudson School District
- Hudson HighHigh · 1,697 students
- Hudson MiddleMiddle · 1,089 students
- Hudson Prairie ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- River Crest ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Hudson 4KElementary · 320 students
- Willow River ElementaryElementary · 278 students
Other schools in Hudson
- Hudson HighHigh · 1,697 students
- Hudson MiddleMiddle · 1,089 students
- Hudson Prairie ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- River Crest ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Hudson 4KElementary · 320 students
- Willow River ElementaryElementary · 278 students
Nearby schools
- Hudson Virtual Charter School0.8 mi · 12
- Hudson High0.8 mi · 1,697
- Hudson 4K1.2 mi · 320
- Willow River Elementary1.2 mi · 278
- Hudson Middle1.6 mi · 1,089
- Hudson Prairie Elementary1.7 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Rock ElementaryHow many students attend Rock Elementary?
Rock Elementary enrolls approximately 383 students in grades KG-05.
Is Rock Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rock Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Rock Elementary?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Rock Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Rock Elementary?
Student demographics at Rock Elementary are roughly 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Rock Elementary?
Rock Elementary is overseen by Hudson School District in St. Croix County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.