Wausaukee Elementary

As a close-knit primary school in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, Wausaukee Elementary instructs 168 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Wausaukee School District. That puts it 48% leaner than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Across the 3 schools in Wausaukee School District (385 students total), Wausaukee Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Wausaukee Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Wausaukee Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Marinette County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wausaukee Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of -13.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Marinette County put median household income runs about $63,809, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Marinette County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,654 students), Wausaukee Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Wausaukee High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Wausaukee Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wausaukee Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wausaukee Elementary has fell 26%, going from 226 students in 2018 to 168 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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