Wittenberg Elementary

Wittenberg Elementary is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, overseen by Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District, teacheing 449 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 39% above the state mean of about 323.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,151 students. Wittenberg Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Wittenberg Elementary records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Shawano County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Wittenberg Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wittenberg Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Shawano County indicate median household income runs about $66,479, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Shawano County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,832 students), of which Wittenberg Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Wittenberg-Birnamwood High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wittenberg Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 450 students in 2018 compared to 449 in 2025.

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