Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 247 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISCONSIN RAPIDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551707002217
Woodside Elementary
611 Two Mile Ave, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 · (715) 424-6793 · Wood County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
143 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 35 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Woodside Elementary→Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle
Based on grade levels within Wisconsin Rapids School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -10.3pp since 2023
Math
38.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -22.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 22 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 61.1% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Woodside Elementary
Woodside Elementary's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside Elementary this school | 354 | 40.4% | 51.5% |
| Fair Park Elementary West Bend | 345 | 41.4% | 62.5% |
| Magee Elementary Two Rivers | 317 | 38.5% | 53.8% |
| Glenwood City Elementary Glenwood City | 307 | 42.3% | 42.8% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Chippewa Falls | 344 | 38.7% | 48.9% |
| Southern Bluffs Elementary La Crosse | 333 | 35.7% | 61.4% |
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 Woodside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Wood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #597 of 982 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #748 of 992 ▼ 330 | #13 of 15 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #691 of 992 ▼ 164 | #11 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #456 of 1,157 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #510 of 901 | #11 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.8% | #569 of 901 | #8 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #566 of 1,064 | #11 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #493 of 664 | #9 of 12 |
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
354
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 354 | 26.2 | 13.5:1 | 40% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 29.3 | 11.7:1 | 39% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 29.4 | 11.8:1 | 38% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 39% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 28.4 | 13.6:1 | 37% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 33% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 28% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 21% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 28 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (386 to 354); teachers down 8% (28.4 to 26.2).
About Woodside Elementary
Woodside Elementary, located in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, is a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 354 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
Woodside Elementary is one of 12 schools in Wisconsin Rapids School District, which enrolls 4,578 students in total.
The share of students at Woodside Elementary who are White is 83%. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodside Elementary is 13.5:1, based on 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Woodside Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Woodside Elementary scores 51.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.9%.
In Wood County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $67,989, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 32 public schools and about 10,849 students.
The closest school to Woodside Elementary is Grove Elementary, located about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Woodside Elementary ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 51.5% versus a 51.8% average.
Federal data place Woodside Elementary in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 371 (2020-21) to 354 (2024-25). Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.0:1 in 2020-21, and 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Wood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,004
Census ACS
Median income
$67,989
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
10,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wisconsin Rapids School District
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,337 students
- Wisconsin Rapids Area MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Howe ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 267 students
- Mead ElementaryElementary · 266 students
Other schools in Wisconsin Rapids
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,337 students
- Wisconsin Rapids Area MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Howe ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 267 students
- Mead ElementaryElementary · 266 students
Other Woodside Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Woodside Elementary. Woodside Elementary is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Woodside ElementarySussex, WI · 456 students
- Woodside ElementaryBothell, WA · 581 students
- Woodside Elementary SchoolHOLLAND, MI · 431 students
- Woodside ElementaryWoodside, CA · 385 students
- Woodside ElementaryGlen Burnie, MD · 330 students
Nearby schools
- Grove Elementary0.5 mi · 178
- Lincoln High1.1 mi · 1,337
- Central Oaks Academy1.6 mi · 88
- WRPS / Pitsch Early Learning1.7 mi · 208
- Howe Elementary1.9 mi · 336
- Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle2.0 mi · 943
Frequently asked questions
About Woodside ElementaryHow large is Woodside Elementary?
Woodside Elementary enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Woodside Elementary serve?
Woodside Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Woodside Elementary have?
Woodside Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodside Elementary?
Student demographics at Woodside Elementary are roughly 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Woodside Elementary in?
Woodside Elementary is part of Wisconsin Rapids School District.
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