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What's the most underrated thing about Saint Croix Central Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT CROIX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550606000671
Saint Croix Central Elementary
202 S Division St, Roberts, WI 54023 · (715) 749-3119 · St. Croix County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
146 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 85 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 13% smaller than its 4th grade class (112).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Saint Croix Central School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.7% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.1% | 65.2% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Saint Croix Central Elementary
Saint Croix Central Elementary's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Croix Central Elementary this school | 629 | 23.2% | 67.3% |
| Somerset Elementary Somerset | 577 | 23.2% | 61.8% |
| Slinger Elementary Slinger | 571 | 24.7% | 81.2% |
| Mosinee Elementary Mosinee | 632 | 25.2% | 51.9% |
| West Salem Elementary West Salem | 677 | 24.1% | 68.3% |
| Lake Mills Elementary Lake Mills | 613 | 22.0% | 61.5% |
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 Saint Croix Central Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In St. Croix County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #250 of 982 | #7 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #373 of 992 ▼ 45 | #11 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #342 of 992 ▼ 107 | #10 of 13 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #45 of 1,157 | #2 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #436 of 901 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.5% | #690 of 901 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #844 of 1,064 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #527 of 664 | #7 of 10 |
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
629
+42 (+7%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
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 | 629 | 48.1 | 13.1:1 | 23% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 48.4 | 13.1:1 | 24% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 46.7 | 14.3:1 | 21% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 44 | 13.3:1 | 20% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 42.1 | 16.0:1 | 14% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 42 | 16.7:1 | 20% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 22% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 10% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 30 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saint Croix Central Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (675 to 629); teachers up 14% (42.1 to 48.1).
About Saint Croix Central Elementary
This page covers Saint Croix Central Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school in Roberts, Wisconsin. It reports enrollment of 629 students in pre-K through 4. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average enrollment is about 323.
Saint Croix Central School District serves 1,866 students across 4 schools.
White students are 87% of those enrolled at Saint Croix Central Elementary. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 23% of students at Saint Croix Central Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in St. Croix County average a similar 22%.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Saint Croix Central Elementary outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Saint Croix Central Elementary is 3.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (67.3% versus 63.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
American Community Survey estimates for St. Croix County show that the median household earns about $103,046 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across St. Croix County, 31 public schools serve about 14,266 students.
The closest school to Saint Croix Central Elementary is Saint Croix Virtual Academy Inc, located about 5.1 miles away. Saint Croix Central Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. Nearby schools average 61.7% on proficiency, and Saint Croix Central Elementary is above that at 67.3%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was 629 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 587.
The discussion board for Saint Croix Central Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Saint Croix Central School District
- Saint Croix Central HighHigh · 486 students
- Saint Croix Central MiddleMiddle · 476 students
- Saint Croix Virtual Academy IncCombined · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Saint Croix Virtual Academy Inc5.1 mi · 275
- Saint Croix Central High5.1 mi · 486
- Saint Croix Central Middle5.6 mi · 476
- Hudson Prairie Elementary8.1 mi · 481
- New Richmond High8.1 mi · 1,047
- Hudson Middle8.1 mi · 1,089
Frequently asked questions
About Saint Croix Central ElementaryHow many students attend Saint Croix Central Elementary?
Saint Croix Central Elementary enrolls approximately 629 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Saint Croix Central Elementary serve?
Saint Croix Central Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Saint Croix Central Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Saint Croix Central Elementary is approximately 13.1:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Saint Croix Central Elementary?
At Saint Croix Central Elementary, the student body is approximately 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Saint Croix Central Elementary?
Saint Croix Central Elementary is overseen by Saint Croix Central School District in St. Croix County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.