Enrollment
102
Elementary
DISTRICT 97 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551203001571
South Shore Elementary
9135 School Rd, Port Wing, WI 54865 · (715) 774-3500 · Bayfield County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL102 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
50 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 7 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 7 | 7% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
South Shore Elementary→South Shore Jr/Sr High
Based on grade levels within South Shore School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
73.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 73.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 66.7% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like South Shore Elementary
South Shore Elementary's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shore Elementary this school | 102 | 49.0% | 67.6% |
| Seneca Elementary Seneca | 109 | 50.5% | 62.7% |
| Cassville Elementary Cassville | 92 | 47.8% | 71.2% |
| Prairie View Elementary De Soto | 92 | 45.7% | 47.5% |
| Wauzeka Elementary Wauzeka | 112 | 51.8% | 74.0% |
| Butternut Elementary Butternut | 84 | 51.2% | 71.9% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where South Shore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #242 of 982 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #151 of 992 ▲ 143 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #307 of 992 ▲ 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 102 | #1,076 of 1,157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #430 of 1,064 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
102
+16 (+19%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 98
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 8.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 102 | 10.3 | 9.9:1 | 49% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 110 | 10.2 | 10.8:1 | 55% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 114 | 10.5 | 10.9:1 | 56% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 86 | 10 | 8.6:1 | 58% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 84 | 8.1 | 10.4:1 | 56% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 75 | 7 | 10.7:1 | 52% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 86 | 7 | 12.3:1 | 70% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 81 | 8 | 10.1:1 | 44% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 98 | 6 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Shore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (84 to 102); teachers up 28% (8.1 to 10.3).
About South Shore Elementary
South Shore Elementary is a small elementary school in Wisconsin, located in Port Wing. The school enrolls 102 students, from pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
South Shore School District, which runs South Shore Elementary, has 2 schools and 193 students.
Most students at South Shore Elementary are White: 94% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% multiracial. Bayfield County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school's share is higher. South Shore Elementary has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.9:1, with 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Wisconsin, the typical ratio is 14.7:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at South Shore Elementary is 49%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, South Shore Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
South Shore Elementary is a top-10% school in Wisconsin on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.6% with an actual 67.6%.
Within Bayfield County, median household income is about $71,151, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 12 public schools in Bayfield County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,540.
The school nearest to South Shore Elementary is South Shore Jr/Sr High, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, South Shore Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for South Shore Elementary is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 86 to 102. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 8.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.9:1.
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Bayfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,575
Census ACS
Median income
$71,151
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
1,540 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Shore School District
- South Shore Jr/Sr HighHigh · 91 students
Other South Shore Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named South Shore Elementary. South Shore Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- South Shore Elementary SchoolAlbany, OR · 356 students
- South Shore ElementaryCrownsville, MD · 268 students
Nearby schools
- South Shore Jr/Sr High0.0 mi · 91
- Iron River Elementary15.2 mi · 95
- Northwestern High20.8 mi · 372
- MINNEHAHA ELEMENTARY21.8 mi · 367
- Northwestern Middle22.3 mi · 289
- Northwestern Elementary22.5 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About South Shore ElementaryHow large is South Shore Elementary?
South Shore Elementary enrolls approximately 102 students in grades PK-06.
Is South Shore Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Shore Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does South Shore Elementary have?
South Shore Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Shore Elementary?
At South Shore Elementary, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is South Shore Elementary public or private?
South Shore Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Shore School District.
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