Summary:
Elementary schools in the Bayfield School District consist of two small schools — Bayfield Elementary, serving grades PK–5, and La Pointe Elementary, serving grades K–6 — located in a small district on Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin, with about 200 elementary students in total.
The two schools differ dramatically in size and student profile. Bayfield Elementary enrolls 189 students, or 94.5% of the elementary total, while La Pointe Elementary enrolls just 11, so a change for one or two students moves La Pointe's percentages a lot. In 2024–2025, Bayfield Elementary had a 38.7% chronic absenteeism rate and a 64.02% free/reduced lunch rate, compared with 27.3% and 27.27% at La Pointe. La Pointe spent $46,384 per student versus $31,364 at Bayfield, and had a lower student-teacher ratio (6.8 vs. 9.1). The district's chronic absenteeism rate of 45.9% is far above the state's 17.3%, and both schools are above the state rate as well.
Academically, Bayfield Elementary is the only school here with listed test scores, and they sit far below state levels: in 2025–2026, 3rd grade ELA was 42.86% versus the state's 52.08%, 4th grade math 0% versus 52.87%, 4th grade science 3.85% versus 53.46%, and 4th grade social studies 19.23% versus 65.51%. Its rank history has stayed in the bottom decile with 0 stars each year, and Bayfield School District itself ranks 419 of 432, in the 3rd percentile with 0 stars. La Pointe Elementary has no test-score records in this data, so its academic performance cannot be compared.
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