Siren Elementary

As a low-enrollment elementary school in Siren, Wisconsin, Siren Elementary works with 172 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Siren School District. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Siren School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 365 students; Siren Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Siren Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Native American, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Burnett County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Burnett County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Siren Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Burnett County put median household earnings sit near $62,819, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Burnett County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,909 students), of which Siren Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Siren High, around 0.0 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Siren Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.6%.

Siren Elementary operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Siren Elementary's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 223 (now 172). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.