Unity Elementary

Set in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Unity Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school, operated by Unity School District. It works with 385 students across grades pre-K through 4.

Unity School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 915 students; Unity Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Unity Elementary logs that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% multiracial, 5% Native American, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 94%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Unity Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Unity Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 54.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,219 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Polk County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,126 students), Unity Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Unity Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Unity Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.1%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 395 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 84% across the same window.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.