Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHIPPEWA FALLS AREA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550255002295
Southview Elementary
615 A St, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 · (715) 726-2411 · Chippewa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
127 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Based on grade levels within Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
70.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
286
-72 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.3:1
% White
86%
was 93%
% Hispanic
7%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Southview Elementary
Southview Elementary, a moderately sized primary school in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, teaches 286 students, covering grades K through 5.
Across the 9 schools in Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District (4,574 students total), Southview Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Southview Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Southview Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Southview Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 56.2%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Chippewa County) logs that median household income runs about $74,680, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Chippewa County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,353 students), of which Southview Elementary is one.
Halmstad Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southview Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southview Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.6%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southview Elementary has edged down 20%, going from 358 students in 2018 to 286 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 93% to 86% over that span.
On this page, members of the Southview Elementary community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Chippewa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,799
Census ACS
Median income
$74,680
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,353 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District
- Chippewa Falls HighHigh · 1,451 students
- Chippewa Falls MiddleMiddle · 999 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 377 students
- Halmstad ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Stillson ElementaryElementary · 338 students
Other schools in Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls HighHigh · 1,451 students
- Chippewa Falls MiddleMiddle · 999 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 377 students
- Halmstad ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Stillson ElementaryElementary · 338 students
Nearby schools
- Halmstad Elementary0.4 mi · 355
- Northern Wisconsin Center1.6 mi · 3
- Hillcrest Elementary1.6 mi · 344
- Korger-Chestnut1.7 mi · 307
- Chippewa Falls High1.7 mi · 1,451
- Parkview Elementary2.1 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Southview ElementaryHow many students attend Southview Elementary?
Southview Elementary enrolls approximately 286 students in grades KG-05.
Is Southview Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southview Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Southview Elementary have?
Southview Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Southview Elementary?
Student demographics at Southview Elementary are roughly 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Southview Elementary in?
Southview Elementary is part of Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.