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Which teacher or staff member at Rothschild Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·D C EVEREST AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551317001739
Rothschild Elementary
810 1st St, Rothschild, WI 54474 · (715) 359-3186 · Marathon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
167 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
64.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.4% | 64.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 57.4% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
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
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →
Schools most like Rothschild Elementary
Rothschild Elementary's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rothschild Elementary this school | 408 | 40.9% | 54.7% |
| Mountain Bay Elementary Weston | 451 | 37.5% | 66.3% |
| Riverview Elementary Wausau | 445 | 44.3% | 47.1% |
| Sherman Elementary Eau Claire | 502 | 36.3% | 59.0% |
| Locust Lane Elementary Eau Claire | 296 | 39.9% | 50.8% |
| Northern Hills Elementary Onalaska | 463 | 47.1% | 50.8% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rothschild Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Marathon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #536 of 982 | #15 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #315 of 992 ▲ 183 | #8 of 25 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #597 of 992 ▼ 8 | #15 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #330 of 1,157 | #8 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #555 of 901 | #14 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #313 of 901 | #8 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.9% | #556 of 1,064 | #12 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #548 of 664 | #15 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
408
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 408 | 29.5 | 13.8:1 | 41% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 29.6 | 13.2:1 | 47% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 28.5 | 14.2:1 | 47% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 48% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 40% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 43% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 23 | 14.8:1 | 39% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 25 | 17.7:1 | 20% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 25 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rothschild Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (435 to 408); teachers down 1% (30 to 29.5).
About Rothschild Elementary
Rothschild Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Rothschild, Wisconsin. The student body numbers 408 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
Rothschild Elementary is part of D C Everest Area School District, where 12 schools serve 5,847 students.
White students make up a majority at Rothschild Elementary, at 68%. Other students are 18% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. That is lower than the 87% White share among all Marathon County residents. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1 at Rothschild Elementary, with 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.9 below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 41%.
allk12 grades Rothschild Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Rothschild Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 52.5%. Rothschild Elementary scores 54.7%, 2.1 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Marathon County show that the median household income is $77,884, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 52 public schools in Marathon County, enrolling about 18,592 students in all.
Nearest public school: D C Everest Junior High, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Rothschild Elementary is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment rise, from 387 in 2020-21 to 408 in 2024-25.
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Marathon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
138,403
Census ACS
Median income
$77,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
18,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in D C Everest Area School District
- D C Everest HighHigh · 1,335 students
- D C Everest Junior HighHigh · 848 students
- D C Everest MiddleMiddle · 844 students
- Weston ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Riverside ElementaryElementary · 487 students
- Mountain Bay ElementaryElementary · 451 students
Nearby schools
- D C Everest Junior High0.8 mi · 848
- D C Everest High1.2 mi · 1,335
- D C Everest 4K Community Partnership1.4 mi · 236
- Weston Elementary2.6 mi · 519
- Odyssey Elementary2.7 mi · 64
- D C Everest Idea School2.7 mi · 69
Frequently asked questions
About Rothschild ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rothschild Elementary?
Rothschild Elementary enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rothschild Elementary serve?
Rothschild Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Rothschild Elementary have?
Rothschild Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Rothschild Elementary?
Student demographics at Rothschild Elementary are roughly 68% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 18% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Rothschild Elementary public or private?
Rothschild Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by D C Everest Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.