Tigerton Elementary

Tigerton Elementary is one of the very small K-5 schools in Tigerton, Wisconsin, run under Tigerton School District, with 121 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 63% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Tigerton School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 246 students. Tigerton Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Tigerton Elementary lists that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Native American. Compared to Shawano County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Tigerton Elementary logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Tigerton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.7%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of -5.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Shawano County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,479 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Shawano County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,832 students), Tigerton Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Tigerton High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Tigerton Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tigerton Elementary has edged down 4%, going from 126 students in 2018 to 121 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 90% to 85%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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