Rothschild Elementary

Rothschild Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Rothschild, Wisconsin, part of D C Everest Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 408 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 26% larger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Within D C Everest Area School District, which oversees 12 schools and 5,847 students, Rothschild Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Rothschild Elementary shows that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Marathon County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rothschild Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Rothschild Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.5%, the actual is 54.7%, a residual of +2.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Marathon County indicate median household income runs about $77,884, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marathon County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students), of which Rothschild Elementary is one.

D C Everest Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rothschild Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 74% to 68% over that span.

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