Enrollment
93
Elementary
DISTRICT 69 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINTER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551686002194
Winter Elementary
6585 W Grove St, Winter, WI 54896 · (715) 266-6701 · Sawyer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL93 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
63 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (12).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
Based on grade levels within Winter School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 53.3% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Winter Elementary
Winter Elementary's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Elementary this school | 93 | 67.7% | 48.1% |
| Redgranite Elementary Redgranite | 130 | 63.1% | 33.1% |
| Oakdale Elementary Tomah | 90 | 56.7% | N/A |
| Prentice Elementary Prentice | 133 | 61.7% | 53.9% |
| North Elementary Antigo | 154 | 72.1% | 36.8% |
| Coulee Montessori Charter School La Crosse | 118 | 66.1% | 28.7% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Winter Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 93 | #1,091 of 1,157 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
93
-21 (-18%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 146
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93 | 9.6 | 9.7:1 | 68% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 103 | 9.1 | 11.4:1 | 75% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 113 | 8.8 | 12.8:1 | 69% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 114 | 9 | 12.7:1 | 58% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 123 | 9.8 | 12.5:1 | 60% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 133 | 9 | 14.8:1 | 68% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 130 | 8 | 16.3:1 | 74% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 175 | 12 | 14.6:1 | 45% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 146 | 11 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winter Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (123 to 93); teachers down 3% (9.8 to 9.6).
About Winter Elementary
Winter Elementary is a small elementary school in Winter, Wisconsin, one of the schools in Winter School District. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 93 students. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323 students, so this school is 71% smaller than average.
Winter School District counts 3 schools and 206 students, including Winter Elementary.
By race and ethnicity, Winter Elementary is 77% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 6% Native American, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Sawyer County as a whole is similar, at about 78%. The chance that two students picked at random at Winter Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
Its teaching staff equals 9.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 9.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 68%. That is 13 points above the 55% average for public schools in Sawyer County.
allk12 grades Winter Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Winter Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.1% is 12.0 points above the 36.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Sawyer County, median household income is about $60,801, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Winter Elementary is one of 12 public schools in Sawyer County, which together enroll about 2,501 students.
The closest public school to Winter Elementary is Winter Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Winter Elementary, there are 2 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Winter Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
Winter Elementary saw enrollment fall 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.7 to 9.7 over 4 years.
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Sawyer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,476
Census ACS
Median income
$60,801
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
2,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Winter School District
- Winter HighHigh · 72 students
- Winter MiddleMiddle · 41 students
Other schools in Winter
- Winter HighHigh · 72 students
- Winter MiddleMiddle · 41 students
Nearby schools
- Winter Middle0.0 mi · 41
- Winter High0.0 mi · 72
- WOLI/Akii'gikinoo'amaading Environmental School18.8 mi · 21
- Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School18.8 mi · 389
- Ladysmith High24.2 mi · 255
- Ladysmith Middle24.2 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About Winter ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Winter Elementary?
Winter Elementary enrolls approximately 93 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Winter Elementary serve?
Winter Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Winter Elementary?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at Winter Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Winter Elementary?
At Winter Elementary, the student body is approximately 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Winter Elementary public or private?
Winter Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Winter School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.