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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
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.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 70.2% |
| 2023-24 | 43.1% | 67.5% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Southview Elementary
Southview Elementary's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southview Elementary this school | 286 | 44.4% | 56.2% |
| Forest Lane Community School Montello | 284 | 43.0% | 61.2% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Monroe | 267 | 43.8% | 61.0% |
| Spencer Elementary Spencer | 290 | 42.1% | 60.6% |
| Glenwood City Elementary Glenwood City | 307 | 42.3% | 42.8% |
| Algoma Elementary Algoma | 301 | 41.5% | 48.8% |
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 Southview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Chippewa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #499 of 982 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #196 of 992 ▲ 77 | #4 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #677 of 992 ▲ 21 | #10 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #660 of 1,157 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #416 of 901 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.3% | #655 of 901 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #510 of 1,064 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #214 of 664 | #3 of 9 |
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
286
-39 (-12%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 231
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 286 | 22.1 | 12.9:1 | 44% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 22.5 | 13.1:1 | 48% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 24.5 | 12.7:1 | 43% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 27 | 12.0:1 | 44% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 29.2 | 12.3:1 | 46% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 51% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 20 | 15.2:1 | 44% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 273 | 15 | 18.2:1 | 22% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 231 | 15 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (358 to 286); teachers down 24% (29.2 to 22.1).
About Southview Elementary
Southview Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Wisconsin, with an address in Chippewa Falls. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 286 students.
Southview Elementary reports to Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, which has 9 schools and 4,574 students.
Federal enrollment data show Southview Elementary is 86% White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Southview Elementary counts 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.9 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.8 below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. About 44% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Southview Elementary's results are 5.8 points above predicted: 56.2% against 50.4%.
In the county around the school, Chippewa County, the median household income is $74,680, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 28 public schools in Chippewa County, enrolling about 8,353 students in all.
Halmstad Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Southview Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Southview Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.2% against a local average of 57.6%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 286, a 12% decrease from 325 in 2020-21.
The Southview Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Southview Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Southview Elementary. Southview Elementary is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Southview Elementary SchoolTuscaloosa, AL · 644 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARYAPPLE VALLEY, MN · 576 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARYWACONIA, MN · 544 students
- Southview ElementaryMARSHALL, MN · 524 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEM.KEARNEY, MO · 455 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.
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