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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STEVENS POINT AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551449001881
Washington Elementary
3500 Prais St, Stevens Point, WI 54481 · (715) 345-5426 · Portage County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
149 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
46.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 46.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 48.1% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary this school | 443 | 33.6% | 53.1% |
| Columbus Elementary Columbus | 425 | 34.8% | 57.0% |
| Riverview Elementary Silver Lake | 449 | 32.7% | 64.2% |
| Westside Elementary Kimberly | 408 | 30.6% | 63.2% |
| Dodgeville Elementary Dodgeville | 385 | 33.0% | 62.9% |
| Altoona Elementary Altoona | 555 | 33.5% | 57.6% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Washington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Portage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #566 of 982 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #647 of 992 ▲ 3 | #12 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #517 of 992 ▲ 38 | #8 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #255 of 1,157 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #576 of 901 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #566 of 901 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #682 of 1,064 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #641 of 664 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
443
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 443 | 31.7 | 14.0:1 | 34% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 32.6 | 14.6:1 | 34% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 30.8 | 15.2:1 | 34% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 31% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 28.9 | 15.5:1 | 33% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 37% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 35% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 31 | 13.6:1 | 20% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 35 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (449 to 443); teachers up 10% (28.9 to 31.7).
About Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The school's 443 students are in pre-K through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students each.
Washington Elementary sits within Stevens Point Area Public School District, which has 17 schools and 6,885 students.
The large majority of students at Washington Elementary, 83%, are White. Other reported shares: 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Washington Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.
The school has about 14.0 students per teacher and 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, higher than at this school. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 35% average for public schools in Portage County.
The allk12 Grade for Washington Elementary is C. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 28% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.0%.
Census estimates describe Portage County this way: median household income is about $76,070, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 31 public schools in Portage County, with a combined enrollment of about 9,217.
The school nearest to Washington Elementary is P J Jacobs Junior High, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Within five miles of Washington Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Washington Elementary places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 419 in 2020-21 and 443 in 2024-25, a 6% rise.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Washington Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Portage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,832
Census ACS
Median income
$76,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stevens Point Area Public School District
- Stevens Point Area Senior HighHigh · 1,478 students
- Benjamin Franklin Junior HighMiddle · 757 students
- P J Jacobs Junior HighMiddle · 709 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Plover-Whiting ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Point 4 the FutureElementary · 406 students
Other schools in Stevens Point
- Stevens Point Area Senior HighHigh · 1,478 students
- Benjamin Franklin Junior HighMiddle · 757 students
- P J Jacobs Junior HighMiddle · 709 students
- Point 4 the FutureElementary · 406 students
- McKinley CenterElementary · 373 students
- Bannach ElementaryElementary · 368 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary is the 39th largest of the 156.
- Washington ElementaryJanesville, WI · 410 students
- Washington ElementaryWisconsin Rapids, WI · 322 students
- Washington ElementaryMarshfield, WI · 316 students
- Washington ElementaryWhitewater, WI · 312 students
- Washington ElementaryWauwatosa, WI · 285 students
Nearby schools
- P J Jacobs Junior High0.7 mi · 709
- Jefferson Elementary1.2 mi · 276
- Juvenile Detention1.6 mi · 8
- McKinley Center1.6 mi · 373
- Bannach Elementary1.6 mi · 368
- Stevens Point Area Senior High1.7 mi · 1,478
Frequently asked questions
About Washington ElementaryHow many students attend Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Washington Elementary serve?
Washington Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Washington Elementary have?
Washington Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Washington Elementary?
Student demographics at Washington Elementary are roughly 83% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary is overseen by Stevens Point Area Public School District in Portage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.