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Lac du Flambeau Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-8

905^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,044 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Better than 13% of Wisconsin elementary schools

Summary

Lac du Flambeau Elementary is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, with 487 students. The school is part of the Lac du Flambeau #1 School District, which is ranked 416 out of 426 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lac du Flambeau Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 15% of Wisconsin elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past 10 years. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies are significantly lower than the state averages across all grade levels. Additionally, the school has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to 31.3% over the past few years, which is much higher than the state average. Lac du Flambeau Elementary also has higher dropout rates compared to the state, ranging from 0.0% to 1.3% over the past few years.

While Lac du Flambeau Elementary's performance lags far behind nearby schools, such as Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center, Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain, North Lakeland Elementary, and Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary, which all significantly outperform it in academic proficiency, the school's Native American student subgroup performs relatively better, ranking in the top 40% of schools with Native American students. This suggests that the school may be providing more targeted support and resources for this specific student population.

499

Students ?

8.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,578

Per pupil spending ?

92.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2899 State Highway 47 S
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538-9653

(715) 588-3838

District: Lac du Flambeau #1 School District

Students who attend Lac du Flambeau Elementary usually attend:

High:

Lakeland High

Racial breakdown:

American Indian:

81.2%

Hispanic:

9.0%

Two or more races:

8.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 11th percentile in 2015 → 13th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (27% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (35% vs 17% Wisconsin)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school27%

District avg27%

Wisconsin avg54%

Elementary school

905^th of 1,044

Wisconsin public elementary schools ?

Bottom 13%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

563^rd of 628

Wisconsin public middle schools ?

Bottom 10%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

416^th of 426Lac du Flambeau #1 School District among Wisconsin districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	15.2	905 of 1044	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.3	941 of 1061	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	935 of 1067	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	947 of 1067	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.7	901 of 1050	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.0	912 of 1037	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	913 of 1025	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.8	917 of 1071	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	11.5	953 of 1075	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	13.1	959 of 1076	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	6.5	992 of 1061	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	19.9	923 of 1053	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	9.3	977 of 1045	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	8.4	991 of 1046	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	24.1	905 of 1045	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	23.3	903 of 1030	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	36.2	801 of 1021	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	43.3	504 of 712	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	9.8	572 of 632	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	18.8	853 of 1001	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.0	884 of 1011	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.7	855 of 1010	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.5	889 of 1017	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.0	862 of 1004	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.1	887 of 1002	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.5	901 of 997	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2024	14.6	794 of 866	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	64.2	252 of 871	71.1%	★★★★☆
2022	20.5	754 of 859	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.8	704 of 847	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	14.2	872 of 1000	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.5	899 of 1012	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.7	896 of 1011	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.1	899 of 1017	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.5	842 of 1003	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.4	858 of 1002	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.6	857 of 997	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2022	60.0	28 of 77	63.6%	★★★☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	37.7	10 of 16	37.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	36.9	9 of 13	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	56.5	4 of 13	69.2%	★★★★☆
2022	49.8	6 of 13	53.8%	★★★★☆
2021	68.8	2 of 12	83.3%	★★★★★
2019	56.4	3 of 10	70.0%	★★★★☆
2018	46.5	8 of 12	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	13.5	753 of 802	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.1	644 of 790	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	640 of 770	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.5	607 of 748	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.7	613 of 746	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.8	609 of 742	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.7	615 of 721	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	9.9	563 of 628	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.5	571 of 641	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.0	534 of 640	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	546 of 617	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.0	519 of 613	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.4	537 of 594	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.5	526 of 579	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.8	545 of 612	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	8.2	554 of 609	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	8.6	559 of 612	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	11.4	525 of 585	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	6.3	531 of 569	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	21.2	496 of 559	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	15.1	500 of 549	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	22.4	474 of 539	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	14.0	475 of 521	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	17.3	463 of 519	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	23.0	312 of 366	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	33.4	310 of 382	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	11.5	301 of 332	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	18.9	286 of 324	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	13.2	504 of 573	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.3	503 of 580	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	488 of 579	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	494 of 576	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.1	487 of 574	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.5	477 of 557	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	490 of 551	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2024	21.0	450 of 520	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.7	433 of 522	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.3	361 of 499	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	523 of 577	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.5	525 of 585	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.8	447 of 591	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.8	503 of 577	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.8	461 of 572	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.9	509 of 557	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	505 of 551	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	12 of 14	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.0	13 of 15	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	55.1	6 of 15	60.0%	★★★★☆
2022	53.4	6 of 14	57.1%	★★★★☆
2021	58.2	6 of 17	64.7%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	15.7	389 of 414	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.5	378 of 425	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.9	376 of 439	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.6	343 of 421	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.1	340 of 437	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	351 of 414	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.4	307 of 417	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Multi-racial (2022)64th percentile+52 vs school

Native American (2025)38th percentile+24 vs school

Female (2025)15th percentile~ school

Male (2025)13th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)8th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)6th percentile-7 vs school

Middle school

Native American (2025)14th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)13th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)12th percentile~ school

Male (2025)9th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)6th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies49%-14 vs state

Mathematics26%-28 vs state

Science25%-26 vs state

English Language Arts21%-31 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)		Forward Exam Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lac du Flambeau Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2899 State Highway 47 S	Lac du Flambeau	54538	Vilas County	Lac du Flambeau #1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 588-3838	499	62	8.0	92.4%	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	405 (81.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.8%)	15.2	905^th of 1044 public elementary schools	13.3%		11.3	941^st of 1061 public elementary schools	11.3%	36	20.8	34.0	23.4	14.0	18.6	19.1	27.1	38.3	19.2	16.0	23.7	33.3	57.5	40.5	25.5	23.8	$24,578	$2,042	$22,536
Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	11065 Old Highway 51 N	Arbor Vitae	54568	Vilas County	Woodruff J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 356-3282	514	45	11.4	36.8%	415 (80.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.9%)	3 (0.6%)	43 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.3%)	67.4	357^th of 1044 public elementary schools	65.8%		66.7	382^nd of 1061 public elementary schools	64.0%	25	63.8	66.7	58.9	50.9	62.1	61.8	66.0	71.1	46.4	52.8	50.0	63.6	80.0	58.2	73.3	52.7	$13,420	$666	$12,754
North Lakeland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	12686 County Road K	Manitowish Waters	54545	Vilas County	North Lakeland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 543-8417	158	17	9.2	34.2%	146 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.7%)	88.2	51^st of 1044 public elementary schools	95.1%		89	42^nd of 1061 public elementary schools	96.0%	9	76.5	83.3	82.4	71.4	85.7	69.2	76.5	77.8	70.6	71.4	81.0	76.9	88.9	76.9	83.3	61.5	$21,603	$818	$20,785
Minocqua Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	7450 Titus Dr	Minocqua	54548	Oneida County	Minocqua J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 356-5206	506	48	10.5	32.4%	434 (85.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.3%)	4 (0.8%)	13 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (6.1%)	71.3	293^rd of 1044 public elementary schools	71.9%		73.9	251^st of 1061 public elementary schools	76.3%	42	69.1	71.7	60.0	54.6	70.4	68.4	61.8	60.9	53.9	60.0	72.2	71.9	91.3	80.7	73.9	70.2	$13,864	$518	$13,346
Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC)	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	8234 Highway 70 W	Saint Germain	54558	Vilas County	Northland Pines School District	Yes	No	No	No	(715) 542-2632	69	4	15.4	23.2%	66 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	87.1	59^th of 1044 public elementary schools	94.3%		88.2	54^th of 1061 public elementary schools	94.9%	5	63.6	70.0					81.8	90.0					90.0		80.0		$13,388	$612	$12,777
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain	Public	PK, KG-4	8234 Highway 70 W	Saint Germain	54558	Vilas County	Northland Pines School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 542-3632	87	7	12.6	46.0%	73 (83.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)	38.2	746^th of 1044 public elementary schools	28.5%		52.8	595^th of 1061 public elementary schools	43.9%	151	28.6	20.0					28.6	53.3					66.7		66.7		$17,290	$634	$16,656

Frequently Asked Questions about Lac du Flambeau Elementary

What schools do graduates of Lac du Flambeau Elementary attend?

Students who attend Lac du Flambeau Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Lakeland High

What district is Lac du Flambeau Elementary in?

Lac du Flambeau #1 School District

What is the racial makeup of Lac du Flambeau Elementary?

Students at Lac du Flambeau Elementary are 81% American Indian, 9% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 1% White.

Is Lac du Flambeau Elementary a good school?

Lac du Flambeau Elementary ranks in the bottom 13.3% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

How many students attend Lac du Flambeau Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 499 students attended Lac du Flambeau Elementary.

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