Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA CROSSE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550753000870
Summit Environmental School
1800 Lakeshore Dr, La Crosse, WI 54603 · (608) 789-7980 · La Crosse County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
152 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
39.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.1% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 35.4% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Summit Environmental School
Summit Environmental School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Environmental School this school | 295 | 51.5% | 42.9% |
| Northwoods Elementary Eau Claire | 304 | 52.0% | 62.5% |
| Jefferson Elementary Stevens Point | 276 | 53.6% | 60.2% |
| Halmstad Elementary Chippewa Falls | 355 | 51.5% | 66.0% |
| Washington Elementary Wisconsin Rapids | 322 | 48.8% | 58.0% |
| Lakeshore Elementary Eau Claire | 314 | 53.8% | 49.5% |
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 Summit Environmental School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In La Crosse County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #734 of 982 | #16 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #743 of 992 ▲ 48 | #16 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #717 of 992 ▼ 8 | #16 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #632 of 1,157 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #166 of 901 | #5 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #410 of 901 | #8 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.5% | #392 of 1,064 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #369 of 664 | #10 of 16 |
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
295
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 295 | 26 | 11.3:1 | 52% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 26.9 | 11.3:1 | 54% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 24.7 | 11.6:1 | 53% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 28 | 10.9:1 | 55% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 29.6 | 11.5:1 | 47% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 52% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 57% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 340 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 36% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 32 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summit Environmental School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (340 to 295); teachers down 12% (29.6 to 26).
About Summit Environmental School
Summit Environmental School is a medium-sized elementary school found in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 295 students.
The district, La Crosse School District, operates 19 schools serving 5,717 students.
A majority of students at Summit Environmental School, 75%, are White. Next come 12% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The county population is about 88% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Summit Environmental School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
Summit Environmental School counts 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.3 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Wisconsin, the typical ratio is 14.7:1. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in La Crosse County is 35%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Summit Environmental School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Summit Environmental School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (42.9%) and its predicted rate (46.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in La Crosse County, median household income is about $73,013, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 38 public schools operate in La Crosse County, serving about 14,903 students.
Of nearby public schools, Logan Middle is the closest, at about 1.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Summit Environmental School is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).
Summit Environmental School had 305 students in 2020-21 and 295 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease.
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La Crosse County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,488
Census ACS
Median income
$73,013
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
14,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Crosse School District
- Central HighHigh · 969 students
- Logan HighHigh · 729 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- Logan MiddleMiddle · 424 students
- Southern Bluffs ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Spence ElementaryElementary · 329 students
Other schools in La Crosse
- Central HighHigh · 969 students
- Logan HighHigh · 729 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- Logan MiddleMiddle · 424 students
- Southern Bluffs ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Spence ElementaryElementary · 329 students
Nearby schools
- Logan Middle1.3 mi · 424
- School of Technology and Arts II1.3 mi · 39
- Northside Elementary1.3 mi · 237
- Coulee Montessori Charter School1.3 mi · 118
- Logan High1.7 mi · 729
- Onalaska High2.6 mi · 925
Frequently asked questions
About Summit Environmental SchoolHow large is Summit Environmental School?
Summit Environmental School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-05.
Is Summit Environmental School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Summit Environmental School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Summit Environmental School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Summit Environmental School is approximately 11.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Summit Environmental School?
Summit Environmental School reports a student body of 75% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Summit Environmental School public or private?
Summit Environmental School is a public K-12 school, overseen by La Crosse School District.
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