South Mountain Elementary

Set in Wausau, Wisconsin, South Mountain Elementary is a small elementary school, one of the schools within Wausau School District. It instructs 235 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 27% smaller than typical.

Within Wausau School District, which oversees 21 schools and 7,738 students, South Mountain Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Mountain Elementary logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Asian, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Marathon County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Mountain Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.8%; this one delivers 75.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Marathon County shows median household earnings sit near $77,884, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Marathon County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students), South Mountain Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Rib Mountain Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around South Mountain Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Mountain Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 50.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. South Mountain Elementary's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 244 (now 235).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for South Mountain Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.