South Shore Elementary

South Shore Elementary is one of the tiny elementary schools in Port Wing, Wisconsin, one of the schools within South Shore School District, with 102 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 68% leaner than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

South Shore School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 193 students; South Shore Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, South Shore Elementary records that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest reads as 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, South Shore Elementary shows 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, South Shore Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.6%; actual is 67.6%, +20.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Bayfield County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,151, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. South Shore Elementary is one of 12 public schools in Bayfield County (combined enrollment of about 1,540 students).

South Shore Jr/Sr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Shore Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 57.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 21%: 84 students in 2018 compared to 102 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 94% across the same window.

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