Lake Superior Elementary

Summary:

Lake Superior Elementary is a public elementary school in Superior, Wisconsin, serving 151 students in grades PK-5. It is part of the Superior School District, which is ranked 299 out of 428 school districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Four Corners Elementary, Cooper Elementary, and other nearby schools generally perform better on standardized tests and have lower chronic absenteeism rates, Lake Superior Elementary has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 22.22% of 3rd graders at Lake Superior Elementary were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 52.54% for the district and 52.07% for the state. The school's performance in Social Studies and Science for 4th grade is closer to the district and state averages.

Lake Superior Elementary also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism, rising from 2.6% in 2018-2019 to 10.4% in 2022-2023, and a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 38.78% to 46.01% over the past three school years. Despite having the highest per-student spending among the nearby schools at $14,540 in the 2020-2021 school year, the school's academic performance has declined, dropping from 352 out of 1,037 Wisconsin elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 647 out of 1,061 in 2023-2024. Addressing the needs of the school's economically disadvantaged student population and learning from the successes of higher-performing nearby schools could be crucial for improving the overall quality of education at Lake Superior Elementary.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 6200 E 3rd St
       Superior, WI  54880-4390


(715) 398-7672

District: Superior School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
647th of 1,061 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,540 Help


Students who attend Lake Superior Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Superior Middle
High:    Superior High

Student/teacher ratio:  15.5 Help
Number of students:  151

Racial breakdown:

White:
78.8%
Two or more races:
13.2%
Hispanic:
7.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  44.4% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Lake Superior Elementary ranks worse than 61% of elementary schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks 5th among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Superior School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 47.24. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Lake Superior Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Superior School District. Racial makeup is: White (78.8%), two or more races (13.2%), Hispanic (7.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 44.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lake Superior Elementary is 15.5. 4 elementary schools in the Superior School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lake Superior Elementary is $14,540, which is the 2nd highest among 6 elementary schools in the Superior School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lake Superior Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lake Superior Elementary 647th of 1061 Wisconsin public elementary schools. (See Lake Superior Elementary in the ranking list.)

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White students:


Superior School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Superior School District 299th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lake Superior Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Lake Superior Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 55.06 362nd 632 42.7%
2008 35.80 804th 1021 21.3%
2009 33.61 824th 1030 20.0%
2010 43.76 743rd 1045 28.9%
2011 40.85 791st 1046 24.4%
2012 59.50 505th 1045 51.7%
2013 58.72 451st 1053 57.2%
2014 58.48 464th 1061 56.3%
2015 45.51 700th 1076 34.9%
2016 47.57 627th 1075 41.7%
2017 63.44 390th 1071 63.6%
2018 54.01 508th 1025 50.4%
2019 65.37 352nd 1037 66.1%
2021 45.89 640th 1050 39.0%
2022 43.87 678th 1067 36.5%
2023 51.83 585th 1067 45.2%
2024 47.24 647th 1061 39.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lake Superior Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 54.70 55th 119 53.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lake Superior Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.52 382nd 721 47.0%
2019 74.27 116th 742 84.4%
2021 50.22 324th 746 56.6%
2023 50.47 340th 770 55.8%
2024 45.30 413th 790 47.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lake Superior Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.56 153rd 854 82.1%
2019 70.87 170th 874 80.5%
2021 34.52 603rd 847 28.8%
2022 45.11 495th 859 42.4%
2023 48.93 451st 871 48.2%
2024 40.08 569th 866 34.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Lake Superior Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.99 571st 997 42.7%
2019 62.43 377th 1002 62.4%
2021 48.83 547th 1004 45.5%
2022 37.56 713th 1017 29.9%
2023 51.05 553rd 1010 45.2%
2024 53.69 540th 1011 46.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Lake Superior Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.90 443rd 997 55.6%
2019 65.22 326th 1002 67.5%
2021 44.45 625th 1003 37.7%
2022 52.38 525th 1017 48.4%
2023 53.10 533rd 1011 47.3%
2024 43.00 652nd 1012 35.6%
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Rank History for White students at Lake Superior Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 19.97 629th 727 13.5%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Lake Superior Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 293 1 2 1 10 n/a n/a 0 307
1990 288 0 2 0 9 n/a n/a 0 299
1991 286 0 2 1 17 n/a n/a 0 306
1992 294 1 2 1 12 n/a n/a 0 310
1993 314 1 4 0 8 n/a n/a 0 327
1994 286 0 3 0 11 n/a n/a 0 300
1995 293 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 294
1996 293 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 294
1997 278 0 0 0 12 n/a n/a 0 290
1998 275 2 0 2 15 n/a n/a 0 294
1999 256 3 0 4 12 n/a n/a 0 275
2000 260 1 0 3 6 n/a n/a 0 270
2001 270 5 0 6 8 n/a n/a 0 289
2002 246 3 0 3 13 n/a n/a 0 265
2003 246 3 0 3 13 n/a n/a 0 265
2004 182 3 0 1 10 n/a n/a 0 196
2005 168 3 0 3 5 n/a n/a 0 179
2006 173 7 0 3 5 n/a n/a 0 188
2007 166 2 1 3 6 n/a n/a 0 178
2008 170 10 1 5 5 n/a n/a 0 191
2009 182 2 2 5 4 n/a n/a 0 195
2010 170 2 3 2 11 n/a n/a 0 188
2011 172 2 2 3 9 0 2 0 190
2012 143 4 3 3 8 0 2 0 163
2013 139 2 3 0 4 0 2 0 150
2014 170 1 4 0 6 0 1 0 182
2015 184 5 3 2 5 0 6 0 205
2016 192 5 2 3 5 0 6 0 213
2017 183 3 3 5 4 0 6 0 204
2018 188 4 2 5 4 0 8 0 211
2019 180 2 1 6 2 0 18 0 209
2020 159 2 1 7 2 0 18 0 189
2021 137 0 0 10 1 0 15 0 163
2022 126 0 0 9 0 0 12 0 147
2023 119 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 151

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lake Superior Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 307 16.5 18.6 30.9
1990 299 14.5 20.6 31.1
1991 306 14.1 21.7 24.2
1992 310 15.0 20.6 23.9
1993 327 16.0 20.4 27.2
1994 300 17.0 17.6 30
1995 294 18.0 16.3 30.3
1996 294 18.0 16.3 30.3
1997 290 17.2 16.9 32.8
1998 294 16.9 17.4 32.3
1999 275 16.9 16.3 42.9
2000 270 19.2 14.1 43
2001 289 19.9 14.5 39.8
2002 265 19.2 13.8 55.5
2003 265 19.2 13.8 55.5
2004 196 13.9 14.1 41.3
2005 179 12.9 13.9 n/a
2006 188 13.4 14.0 n/a
2007 178 13.4 13.3 56.7
2008 191 13.9 13.7 56
2009 195 13.4 14.6 49.2
2010 188 13.4 14.0 55.9
2011 190 13.5 14.0 57.9
2012 163 13.7 11.8 59.5
2013 150 12.7 11.8 53.3
2014 182 12.7 14.3 52.2
2015 205 n/a n/a 52.7
2016 213 14.0 15.2 47.4
2017 204 13.0 15.6 44.6
2018 211 14.5 14.5 46.9
2019 209 14.4 14.5 45
2020 189 15.6 12.1 46.6
2021 163 12.1 13.4 46
2022 147 11.0 13.3 38.8
2023 151 9.7 15.5 44.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lake Superior Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 307 16.5 18.6 30.9
1990 299 14.5 20.6 31.1
1991 306 14.1 21.7 24.2
1992 310 15.0 20.6 23.9
1993 327 16.0 20.4 27.2
1994 300 17.0 17.6 30
1995 294 18.0 16.3 30.3
1996 294 18.0 16.3 30.3
1997 290 17.2 16.9 32.8
1998 294 16.9 17.4 32.3
1999 275 16.9 16.3 42.9
2000 270 19.2 14.1 43
2001 289 19.9 14.5 39.8
2002 265 19.2 13.8 55.5
2003 265 19.2 13.8 55.5
2004 196 13.9 14.1 41.3
2005 179 12.9 13.9 n/a
2006 188 13.4 14.0 n/a
2007 178 13.4 13.3 56.7
2008 191 13.9 13.7 56
2009 195 13.4 14.6 49.2
2010 188 13.4 14.0 55.9
2011 190 13.5 14.0 57.9
2012 163 13.7 11.8 59.5
2013 150 12.7 11.8 53.3
2014 182 12.7 14.3 52.2
2015 205 n/a n/a 52.7
2016 213 14.0 15.2 47.4
2017 204 13.0 15.6 44.6
2018 211 14.5 14.5 46.9
2019 209 14.4 14.5 45
2020 189 15.6 12.1 46.6
2021 163 12.1 13.4 46
2022 147 11.0 13.3 38.8
2023 151 9.7 15.5 44.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lake Superior Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $186 (1.5%) $11,971 (98.5%) $12,158
2020 $537 (4.2%) $12,381 (95.8%) $12,918
2021 $1,057 (7.3%) $13,483 (92.7%) $14,540

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lake Superior Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 352nd of 1037 Elementary schoolsRanks 585th of 1067 Elementary schools
 20.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Lake Superior Elementary)62.54.8
 57.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Superior School District)38.437.2
 1.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)39.537.9
 1.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Lake Superior Elementary)66.714.3
 52.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Superior School District)54.142.9
 11.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)50.548.8
 1.7%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Lake Superior Elementary)54.356
 1.7%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Superior School District)4652.3
 6.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)43.945.8
 1.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Lake Superior Elementary)54.352
 2.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Superior School District)42.641.4
 1.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)46.246.5
 0.2%
4th Grade Social Studies (Lake Superior Elementary)62.984
 21.1%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Superior School District)59.660.1
 0.4%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)53.459.7
 6.4%
4th Grade Science (Lake Superior Elementary)62.968
 5.1%
   4th Grade Science (Superior School District)57.553.4
 4.1%
   4th Grade Science (Wisconsin)53.952.1
 1.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Lake Superior Elementary)47.136.4
 10.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Superior School District)46.636.9
 9.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)40.939.2
 1.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Lake Superior Elementary)35.336.4
 1.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Superior School District)42.441.5
 0.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)47.848.4
 0.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students209151
 27.8%
African American20
 100%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic612
 100%
Pacific Islander00
White180119
 33.9%
Two or More Races1820
 11.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients45%44.4%
 0.6%


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Lake Superior Elementary ranks 647th of 1061 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 151 students attended Lake Superior Elementary.

Students who attend Lake Superior Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Superior Middle
High : Superior High

Students at Lake Superior Elementary are 79% White, 13% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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