Washington Elementary

Washington Elementary is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, part of Wisconsin Rapids School District, educateing 322 students in grades K through 5.

Wisconsin Rapids School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 4,578 students. Washington Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington Elementary shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 9% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Washington Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.7%; this one delivers 58.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Wood County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,989 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Washington Elementary is one of 32 public schools in Wood County (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students).

The closest other public school is WRPS / Pitsch Early Learning, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Elementary. On composite proficiency, Washington Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Elementary has declined 3%, going from 331 students in 2018 to 322 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 88% to 78%.

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