Wabeno Elementary

Located at 4346 Mill Ln, in Wabeno, Wisconsin, Wabeno Elementary is a close-knit elementary school that educates 196 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Wabeno Area School District. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.

Wabeno Area School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 389 students; Wabeno Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Wabeno Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 35% Native American, 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Forest County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wabeno Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Forest County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,071 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Forest County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,483 students), of which Wabeno Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Wabeno High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Wabeno Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

Wabeno Elementary operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Wabeno Elementary's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 230 (now 196). White enrollment moved from 59% to 53% across the same window.

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