Sugar Camp Elementary

Sugar Camp Elementary is a very small K-5 school in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, overseen by Three Lakes School District. The school instructs 111 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 66% below typical.

Three Lakes School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 500 students. Sugar Camp Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Sugar Camp Elementary shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Oneida County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Sugar Camp Elementary lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oneida County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sugar Camp Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.8%; this one delivers 68.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Oneida County put the typical household earns roughly $69,371 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Sugar Camp Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Oneida County (combined enrollment of about 3,949 students).

Three Lakes Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.5 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Sugar Camp Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

Sugar Camp Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Sugar Camp Elementary's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 101 (now 111).

Inside the community feed, members of the Sugar Camp Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.