Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 251 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THORP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551482001925
Thorp Elementary
605 S Clark St, Thorp, WI 54771 · (715) 669-5548 · Clark County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
173 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Thorp Elementary→Thorp High
Based on grade levels within Thorp School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -7.6pp since 2023
Math
59.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 15 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
321
-106 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.3:1
% White
91%
was 92%
% Hispanic
6%
was 5%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Thorp Elementary
Set in Thorp, Wisconsin, Thorp Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school, part of Thorp School District. It instructs 321 students across grades pre-K through 8.
Within Thorp School District, which oversees 2 schools and 502 students, Thorp Elementary is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Thorp Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Thorp Elementary reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thorp Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.6%; actual is 59.7%, +15.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, Clark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,400 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clark County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,522 students), of which Thorp Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Thorp High, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thorp Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.5%.
Thorp Elementary operates from a countryside location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thorp Elementary has declined 25%, going from 427 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.
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Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,739
Census ACS
Median income
$67,400
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,522 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Thorp High0.0 mi · 181
- Stanley-Boyd Middle6.4 mi · 223
- Stanley Elementary6.4 mi · 437
- Stanley-Boyd High6.4 mi · 341
- Owen-Withee High10.5 mi · 139
- Owen-Withee Junior High10.5 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About Thorp ElementaryHow large is Thorp Elementary?
Thorp Elementary enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Thorp Elementary serve?
Thorp Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Thorp Elementary have?
Thorp Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is Thorp Elementary?
Thorp Elementary reports a student body of 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Thorp Elementary?
Thorp Elementary is overseen by Thorp School District in Clark County.
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