Enrollment
121
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551590002629
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School
3101 N 13th St, Wausau, WI 54403 · (715) 261-0795 · Marathon County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL121 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
17.0:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
37 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 7 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 4 | 3% |
| Grade 7 | 4 | 3% |
| Grade 8 | 3 | 2% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
48.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 55.1% |
% 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
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Wausau Area Montessori Charter School
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wausau Area Montessori Charter School this school | 121 | 30.6% | 67.4% |
| Monticello Elementary Monticello | 131 | 34.4% | 54.1% |
| Chain Exploration Center Waupaca | 139 | 33.1% | 74.7% |
| Green Lake Elementary Green Lake | 137 | 28.5% | 71.0% |
| Pepin Elementary Pepin | 115 | 33.9% | 56.8% |
| Ettrick Elementary Ettrick | 124 | 27.4% | 63.4% |
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 Wausau Area Montessori Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Marathon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #246 of 982 | #6 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #626 of 992 ▼ 87 | #18 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #322 of 992 ▼ 26 | #6 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 121 | #1,051 of 1,157 | #26 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.6% | #725 of 1,064 | #16 of 26 |
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
121
+49 (+68%) vs 2020
+147% since 2010-11, when it was 49
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 121 | 7.1 | 17.0:1 | 31% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 101 | 6.4 | 15.9:1 | 45% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 94 | 6.9 | 13.6:1 | 34% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 72 | 6 | 12.0:1 | 33% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 127 | 7.2 | 17.8:1 | 19% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 115 | 5 | 23.0:1 | 27% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 49 | 4 | 12.3:1 | 27% (13) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wausau Area Montessori Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (127 to 121); teachers unchanged (7.2 to 7.1).
About Wausau Area Montessori Charter School
At 3101 N 13th St in Wausau, Wisconsin, Wausau Area Montessori Charter School operates as a small elementary school. Its 121 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 63% smaller than the 323 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Wausau School District runs 21 schools with a combined 7,738 students. Wausau Area Montessori Charter School is one of them.
At Wausau Area Montessori Charter School, White students make up 86% of the student body. The remaining students are 8% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 87% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Wausau Area Montessori Charter School comes in at 25%.
Teachers at Wausau Area Montessori Charter School total 7.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 31%.
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Wisconsin, Wausau Area Montessori Charter School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 67.4% actual against a predicted 58.9%.
Within Marathon County, median household income is about $77,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 52 public schools in Marathon County, with a combined enrollment of about 18,592.
Horace Mann Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Wausau Area Montessori Charter School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
The school counted 72 students in 2020-21 and 121 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 12.0:1 to 17.0:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marathon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
138,403
Census ACS
Median income
$77,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
18,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wausau School District
- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Other schools in Wausau
- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Nearby schools
- Horace Mann Middle0.0 mi · 635
- East High0.5 mi · 893
- Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy0.5 mi · 38
- Franklin Elementary1.2 mi · 181
- Riverview Elementary1.4 mi · 445
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary1.6 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Wausau Area Montessori Charter SchoolHow large is Wausau Area Montessori Charter School?
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School enrolls approximately 121 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Wausau Area Montessori Charter School serve?
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Wausau Area Montessori Charter School have?
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
How diverse is Wausau Area Montessori Charter School?
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School reports a student body of 86% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Wausau Area Montessori Charter School?
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School is overseen by Wausau School District in Marathon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.