Woodside Elementary

Woodside Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, overseen by Wisconsin Rapids School District. The school teaches 354 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in Wisconsin Rapids School District (4,578 students total), Woodside Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Woodside Elementary logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Woodside Elementary lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Woodside Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 40% of students at Woodside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Woodside Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.9%, the actual is 51.5%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wood County put median household income runs about $67,989, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Wood County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students), of which Woodside Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Grove Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodside Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.8%.

Woodside Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 386 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 90% to 83%.

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