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Schultz Elementary
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Schultz Elementary
Schultz Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Mishicot, Wisconsin, run under Mishicot School District. Current enrollment sits at 455 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Schultz Elementary sits 41% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 3 schools in Mishicot School District (945 students total), Schultz Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Schultz Elementary lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 4% Hispanic.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Schultz Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Manitowoc County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Schultz Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.1%.
In the broader community, Manitowoc County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,148, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Schultz Elementary is one of 30 public schools in Manitowoc County (combined enrollment of about 10,090 students).
The closest other public school is Mishicot Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Schultz Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 47.6%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Over the past 7-year window. Schultz Elementary's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 455).
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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