Stoddard Elementary

Stoddard Elementary is one of the minimally staffed K-5 schools in Stoddard, Wisconsin, overseen by De Soto Area School District, with 105 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 67% smaller than the state mean of about 323.

Stoddard Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by De Soto Area School District, a district that teaches 440 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Stoddard Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 24% of students at Stoddard Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Vernon County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stoddard Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.0%; this one delivers 63.0%.

Around the school, census data for Vernon County shows median household income runs about $71,893, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Vernon County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,669 students), Stoddard Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Southern Bluffs Elementary, roughly 5.7 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stoddard Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.4%.

Stoddard Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Stoddard Elementary's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 120 (now 105). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 88% to 93%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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