Valders Elementary

Located at 331 W Wilson St, in Valders, Wisconsin, Valders Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that caters to 411 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of Valders Area School District. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Across the 3 schools in Valders Area School District (961 students total), Valders Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Valders Elementary reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Manitowoc County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Valders Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Manitowoc County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Valders Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 59.7%; this one comes in at 43.7%, -16.0 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Manitowoc County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,148 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Valders Elementary is one of 30 public schools in Manitowoc County (combined enrollment of about 10,090 students).

Nearest neighbor: Valders High, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Valders Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Valders Elementary's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 411). White enrollment moved from 91% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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