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What's one thing Stanley Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STANLEY-BOYD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551443002363
Stanley Elementary
507 E 1st Ave, Stanley, WI 54768 · (715) 644-5810 · Chippewa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
211 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Stanley-Boyd Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -11.7pp since 2023
Math
67.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 67.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.3% | 73.2% |
% 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 19 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 Stanley Elementary
Stanley Elementary's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Elementary this school | 437 | 48.3% | 66.9% |
| Neillsville Elementary Neillsville | 399 | 47.9% | 57.1% |
| Cadott Elementary Cadott | 436 | 50.0% | 54.3% |
| Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary Chetek | 429 | 45.0% | 61.3% |
| Colfax Elementary Colfax | 398 | 45.7% | 62.6% |
| Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle Livingston | 423 | 45.4% | 61.0% |
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 Stanley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Chippewa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #257 of 982 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #249 of 992 ▼ 82 | #5 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #407 of 992 ▼ 214 | #5 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #268 of 1,157 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #351 of 901 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #824 of 901 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.3% | #440 of 1,064 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #491 of 664 | #8 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
437
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 437 | 34.8 | 12.6:1 | 48% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 34.9 | 12.2:1 | 48% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 34.9 | 12.5:1 | 44% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 56% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 33.4 | 14.3:1 | 49% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 58% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 54% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 29 | 9.9:1 | 42% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 28 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stanley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (477 to 437); teachers up 4% (33.4 to 34.8).
About Stanley Elementary
Stanley Elementary is a public elementary school in Stanley, Wisconsin. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 437 students. It has 35% more students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
Stanley-Boyd Area School District counts 1,069 students in its 4 schools, and Stanley Elementary is one of them.
The share of White students at Stanley Elementary is 92%. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. In Chippewa County overall, the White share is about 93%. The diversity index for Stanley Elementary is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Stanley Elementary has 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. The school has 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Chippewa County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Stanley Elementary is +18.9 points, in the top 10% of Wisconsin. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.9%, and the predicted rate is 48.0%.
The school is in Chippewa County, where the median household earns about $74,680 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Chippewa County, 28 public schools serve about 8,353 students.
Among nearby public schools, Stanley-Boyd Middle is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Stanley Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Stanley Elementary comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Stanley Elementary as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 446 in 2020-21 and 437 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Stanley Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Stanley-Boyd Area School District
- Stanley-Boyd HighHigh · 341 students
- Stanley-Boyd MiddleMiddle · 223 students
- Boyd ElementaryElementary · 68 students
Other schools in Stanley
- Stanley-Boyd HighHigh · 341 students
- Stanley-Boyd MiddleMiddle · 223 students
- DOC: Stanley Correctional InstitutionHigh
Other Stanley Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Stanley Elementary. Stanley Elementary is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Stanley ElementaryOverland Park, KS · 610 students
- STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLStanley, ND · 463 students
- Stanley ElemWichita, KS · 439 students
- Stanley ElementaryStanley, VA · 337 students
- Stanley Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Stanley-Boyd Middle0.0 mi · 223
- Stanley-Boyd High0.0 mi · 341
- Boyd Elementary5.9 mi · 68
- Thorp High6.4 mi · 181
- Thorp Elementary6.4 mi · 321
- Cadott Elementary10.8 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About Stanley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Stanley Elementary?
Stanley Elementary enrolls approximately 437 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Stanley Elementary serve?
Stanley Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stanley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stanley Elementary is approximately 12.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Stanley Elementary?
Stanley Elementary reports a student body of 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Stanley Elementary in?
Stanley Elementary is part of Stanley-Boyd Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.