West Elementary-Kindergarten Center
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 31% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 69% |
Where West Elementary-Kindergarten Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Sauk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 35 | #1,143 of 1,157 | #18 of 19 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35 | 6.9 | 5.1:1 | 9% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 41 | 6.8 | 6.1:1 | 61% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 62 | 8 | 7.8:1 | 58% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 52 | 8 | 6.5:1 | 52% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 88 | 8.2 | 10.7:1 | 53% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 91 | 8 | 11.4:1 | 44% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 120 | 6 | 20.0:1 | 52% (62) |
Since 2017-18: students down 60% (88 to 35); teachers down 16% (8.2 to 6.9).
About West Elementary-Kindergarten Center
West Elementary-Kindergarten Center is a very small elementary school with its address in Baraboo, Wisconsin. It has an enrollment of 35 students in pre-K through kindergarten. That compares with an average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
The 9 schools in Baraboo School District enroll 2,598 students altogether, West Elementary-Kindergarten Center among them.
The share of White students at West Elementary-Kindergarten Center is 60%, a majority. The school is also 34% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% Native American. That is lower than the 87% White share among all Sauk County residents.
Staffing at West Elementary-Kindergarten Center comes to 6.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 5.1:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. On the income side, 9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 37% average for public schools in Sauk County.
For the population of Sauk County, the median household earns about $79,541 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. West Elementary-Kindergarten Center shares Sauk County with 29 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Baraboo Early Learning Cooperative is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 33%, from 52 to 35. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 6.5:1 to 5.1:1.
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