Enrollment
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILD ROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551671002184
Wild Rose Elementary
825 Mt Morris St, Wild Rose, WI 54984 · (920) 622-4204 · Waushara County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
130 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wild Rose Elementary→Wild Rose High
Based on grade levels within Wild Rose School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
63.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
276
+29 (+12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.4:1
% White
84%
was 81%
% Hispanic
10%
was 15%
% Black
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Wild Rose Elementary
Wild Rose Elementary is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Wild Rose, Wisconsin, run under Wild Rose School District, caters to 276 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within Wild Rose School District, which oversees 2 schools and 563 students, Wild Rose Elementary is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Wild Rose Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Waushara County's rate of about 56%.
With demographic context factored in, Wild Rose Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 48.8%; Wild Rose Elementary posts 65.0%, +16.3 points above that line.
In the area at large, census data for Waushara County shows median household earnings sit near $67,107, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waushara County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,542 students), Wild Rose Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Wild Rose High, around 0.4 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Wild Rose Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Looking at the recent track record. Wild Rose Elementary's enrollment has rose 12% since 2018, when it stood at 247 (now 276). Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.
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Waushara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,868
Census ACS
Median income
$67,107
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,542 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Wild Rose High0.4 mi · 287
- Riverview Elementary7.7 mi · 302
- Wautoma High7.9 mi · 388
- Parkside School7.9 mi · 480
- Almond-Bancroft Middle10.5 mi · 77
- Almond-Bancroft High10.5 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Wild Rose ElementaryHow large is Wild Rose Elementary?
Wild Rose Elementary enrolls approximately 276 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wild Rose Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wild Rose Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wild Rose Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wild Rose Elementary is approximately 11.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wild Rose Elementary?
At Wild Rose Elementary, the student body is approximately 84% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Wild Rose Elementary public or private?
Wild Rose Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wild Rose School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.