Shullsburg Elementary

Shullsburg Elementary operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in Shullsburg, Wisconsin, overseen by Shullsburg School District. Current enrollment sits at 143 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 56% leaner than the state mean of about 323.

Shullsburg School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 325 students. Shullsburg Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Shullsburg Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Lafayette County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Shullsburg Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lafayette County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shullsburg Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.6%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of +4.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Lafayette County) logs that median household earnings sit near $76,462, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Shullsburg Elementary is one of 17 public schools in Lafayette County (combined enrollment of about 2,658 students).

The closest other public school is Shullsburg High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Shullsburg Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shullsburg Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Shullsburg Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 167 (now 143). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 88% to 78%.

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