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Winneconne Elementary
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Winneconne Elementary
Located at 233 S 3rd Ave, in Winneconne, Wisconsin, Winneconne Elementary is a substantial elementary-level community that teaches 823 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Winneconne Community School District. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 155% above typical.
Winneconne Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Winneconne Community School District, a district that enrolls 1,721 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Winneconne Elementary shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Winneconne Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at Winneconne Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Winnebago County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Winneconne Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.0%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Winnebago County) reports that median household earnings sit near $74,925, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Winnebago County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,271 students), Winneconne Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Winneconne Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Winneconne Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Winneconne Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Looking at the recent track record. Winneconne Elementary's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 780 (now 823). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for Winneconne Elementary typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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