Spooner Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Spooner, Wisconsin, Spooner Elementary serves 363 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by Spooner Area School District.

Across the 3 schools in Spooner Area School District (1,000 students total), Spooner Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Spooner Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Spooner Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washburn County) records that the typical household earns roughly $63,441 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Spooner Elementary is one of 16 public schools in Washburn County (combined enrollment of about 2,097 students).

Spooner High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spooner Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 56.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spooner Elementary has declined 3%, going from 376 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for Spooner Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.