Whitehall Memorial Elementary

Whitehall Memorial Elementary operates as a mid-sized primary school in Whitehall, Wisconsin, part of Whitehall School District. Current enrollment sits at 439 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 36% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Whitehall School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 760 students; Whitehall Memorial Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Whitehall Memorial Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Trempealeau County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Whitehall Memorial Elementary has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whitehall Memorial Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.6%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of +2.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Trempealeau County reports that median household income runs about $76,313, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Trempealeau County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,893 students), Whitehall Memorial Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Whitehall Memorial Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 438 students in 2018 compared to 439 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.