Traeger Elementary

Traeger Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, operated by Oshkosh Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 423 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Traeger Elementary sits 31% above that benchmark.

Oshkosh Area School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 9,582 students; Traeger Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Traeger Elementary reports that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Winnebago County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Traeger Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.3%; this one delivers 62.4%.

In the area at large, Winnebago County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,925, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Winnebago County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,271 students), Traeger Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Traeger Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Traeger Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 64.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 511 students in 2018 compared to 423 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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