Wilder Elementary

Wilder Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in Green Bay, Wisconsin, operated by Green Bay Area Public School District, with 413 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% larger than the state mean of about 323.

Wilder Elementary is one of 44 schools operated by Green Bay Area Public School District, a district that works with 18,722 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Wilder Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 33% White, 16% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

Looking at school resources, Wilder Elementary shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Brown County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wilder Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Brown County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,649, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Brown County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,385 students), Wilder Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Martin Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wilder Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wilder Elementary's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 413). The White share of enrollment edged down from 41% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Wilder Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.