School of Technology and Arts I

School of Technology and Arts I is a minimally staffed elementary-level community in La Crosse, Wisconsin, part of La Crosse School District. The school instructs 104 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 68% smaller than typical.

School of Technology and Arts I is one of 19 schools operated by La Crosse School District, a district that instructs 5,717 students overall.

Demographically, School of Technology and Arts I lists that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, School of Technology and Arts I logs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below La Crosse County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, School of Technology and Arts I performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.5%, the actual is 74.6%, a residual of +11.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (La Crosse County) records that median household earnings sit near $73,013, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across La Crosse County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,903 students), School of Technology and Arts I is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hamilton Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, School of Technology and Arts I comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

School of Technology and Arts I operates from a city-core location. School of Technology and Arts I is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 130 students in 2018 compared to 104 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 1% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.