📍 241 17th Ave S, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, 54495
Mead Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County. The school has 296 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wisconsin Rapids School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Mead Elementary enrolls 296 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 13% Two or more races and 9.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 192 | 65% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 9.5% |
| Asian | 25 | 8.4% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
249 of the school's 296 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 249 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mead Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WI-30, state senate district 24, state house district 72.
Mead Elementary is one of 12 schools in Wisconsin Rapids School District, based in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. The district serves 4,578 students district-wide and employs 350 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 296 students, Mead Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 382 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant