Suring Elementary

Located at 411 Algoma St, in Suring, Wisconsin, Suring Elementary is a low-enrollment K-5 school that hosts 196 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Suring Public School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Suring Elementary sits 39% below that benchmark.

Suring Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Suring Public School District, a district that caters to 314 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Suring Elementary shows that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Native American, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 94% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Suring Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Oconto County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Suring Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 36.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Oconto County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,049 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Oconto County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,349 students), Suring Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Suring High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Suring Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Suring Elementary has edged down 21%, going from 249 students in 2018 to 196 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 89% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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