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Hamilton Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

955^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,044 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of Wisconsin elementary schools

Summary

Hamilton Elementary School is a public elementary school in La Crosse, Wisconsin, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 146 students. The school is part of the La Crosse School District, which is ranked 320 out of 426 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hamilton Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of Wisconsin elementary schools, with academic performance significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 33.33% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 46.39% for the district and 52.14% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in mathematics, with only 4.76% of 4th graders and 11.76% of 5th graders proficient or better. Hamilton Elementary also has high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 17.7% to 36.1% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools in the La Crosse School District, such as Emerson Elementary, Spence Elementary, and School of Technology and Arts I, Hamilton Elementary performs significantly worse in academic achievement and attendance. The data suggests that the school could benefit from targeted interventions and support to address the needs of its student population, which includes a high percentage of students from low-income backgrounds and with special education needs.

151

Students ?

7.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,366

Per pupil spending ?

80.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1111 7th St S
La Crosse, WI 54601-5474

(608) 789-7695

District: La Crosse School District

Racial breakdown:

White:

35.1%

Two or more races:

23.8%

African American:

23.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 17th percentile in 2015 → 9th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (18% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 17% Wisconsin)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school18%

District avg47%

Wisconsin avg54%

955^th of 1,044

Wisconsin public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 17% (2015) to bottom 9% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 11Elementary Schools in the La Crosse School District

320^th of 426La Crosse 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	7.2	955 of 1044	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.8	934 of 1061	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.8	949 of 1067	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	921 of 1067	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.9	906 of 1050	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.7	883 of 1037	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.1	835 of 1025	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	39.2	724 of 1071	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2016	10.3	961 of 1075	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	26.4	893 of 1076	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	48.3	410 of 632	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2004	8.4	584 of 633	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	12.2	894 of 1001	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.1	872 of 1011	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.5	913 of 1010	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	852 of 1017	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.2	739 of 1004	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.1	832 of 1002	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.7	797 of 997	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2021	19.0	759 of 847	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.4	811 of 874	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	29.4	700 of 854	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	4.2	950 of 1000	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	31.1	771 of 1012	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	887 of 1011	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.8	882 of 1017	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.8	907 of 1003	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	852 of 1002	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.7	810 of 997	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2021	53.0	35 of 85	58.8%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	23.5	658 of 802	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.7	591 of 790	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	657 of 770	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	628 of 748	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	7.2	693 of 718	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.7	661 of 727	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.9	693 of 715	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.8	659 of 704	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.4	674 of 699	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.7	551 of 718	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.2	614 of 686	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Multi-racial (2021)59th percentile+45 vs school

Special Education (2025)18th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)10th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)5th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)3rd percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts22%-30 vs state

Social Studies19%-45 vs state

Science19%-32 vs state

Mathematics14%-40 vs state

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Schools Near Hamilton Elementary School

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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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
School of Technology and Arts I	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	1111 7th St S	La Crosse	54601	La Crosse County	La Crosse School District	Yes	No	No	No	(608) 789-7695	104	7	15.6	23.1%	84 (80.8%)	2 (1.9%)	8 (7.7%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (8.7%)	73.4	262^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	74.9%		87.9	58^th of 1061 public elementary schools	94.5%	204	70.6	70.6	81.0	58.8	47.1	57.1	94.1	58.8	$14,007	$395	$13,612
Hamilton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1111 7th St S	La Crosse	54601	La Crosse County	La Crosse School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 789-7695	151	20	7.5	80.1%	53 (35.1%)	35 (23.2%)	17 (11.3%)	10 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (23.8%)	7.2	955^th of 1044 public elementary schools	8.5%		12.8	934^th of 1061 public elementary schools	12.0%	21	33.3	19.1	11.8	23.8	4.8	11.8	19.1	19.1	$18,366	$1,208	$17,158
Spence Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2150 Bennett St	La Crosse	54601	La Crosse County	La Crosse School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 789-7773	329	28	11.6	54.7%	201 (61.1%)	14 (4.3%)	21 (6.4%)	54 (16.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.6%)	65.4	375^th of 1044 public elementary schools	64.1%		60.5	482^nd of 1061 public elementary schools	54.6%	107	64.3	65.9	26.5	71.4	79.6	32.0	84.1	86.4	$15,467	$1,099	$14,368
Emerson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2101 Campbell Rd	La Crosse	54601	La Crosse County	La Crosse School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 789-7990	317	25	12.4	26.8%	247 (77.9%)	11 (3.5%)	23 (7.3%)	16 (5.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.0%)	55.5	518^th of 1044 public elementary schools	50.4%		65.3	402^nd of 1061 public elementary schools	62.1%	116	50.0	55.3	60.9	47.4	50.0	47.8	71.1	63.2	$15,197	$718	$14,478
State Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3900 Pammel Creek Rd	La Crosse	54601	La Crosse County	La Crosse School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 789-7690	284	23	12.1	38.0%	222 (78.2%)	9 (3.2%)	19 (6.7%)	6 (2.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.8%)	49.8	589^th of 1044 public elementary schools	43.6%		49	634^th of 1061 public elementary schools	40.2%	45	41.7	56.8	45.8	56.3	48.7	50.0	67.6	51.4	$13,254	$634	$12,620
Hintgen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3505 28th St S	La Crosse	54601	La Crosse County	La Crosse School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 789-7767	210	28	7.6	79.0%	102 (48.6%)	25 (11.9%)	11 (5.2%)	31 (14.8%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (18.1%)	12.3	928^th of 1044 public elementary schools	11.1%		21.5	872^nd of 1061 public elementary schools	17.8%	56	21.9	21.9	29.0	25.0	25.0	9.7	43.8	31.3	$16,684	$1,623	$15,061
Northside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1611 Kane St	La Crosse	54603	La Crosse County	La Crosse School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 789-7970	237	33	7.2	84.8%	97 (40.9%)	22 (9.3%)	19 (8.0%)	54 (22.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (18.6%)	17.6	890^th of 1044 public elementary schools	14.8%		8.9	957^th of 1061 public elementary schools	9.8%	67	35.7	23.7	16.2	34.5	36.8	27.0	50.0	26.3	$18,343	$1,594	$16,749
Coulee Montessori Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	1611 Kane St	La Crosse	54601	La Crosse County	La Crosse School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(608) 789-7970	118	9	13.8	66.1%	85 (72.0%)	5 (4.2%)	8 (6.8%)	7 (5.9%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (10.2%)	17.9	886^th of 1044 public elementary schools	15.1%		16	914^th of 1061 public elementary schools	13.9%	28	56.3	26.7	13.3	18.8	26.7	26.7	40.0	26.7	$11,844	$482	$11,362
Summit Environmental School	Public	PK, KG-5	1800 Lakeshore Dr	La Crosse	54603	La Crosse County	La Crosse School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 789-7980	295	26	11.3	51.5%	220 (74.6%)	7 (2.4%)	14 (4.7%)	17 (5.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (12.2%)	34.8	770^th of 1044 public elementary schools	26.2%		31.5	802^nd of 1061 public elementary schools	24.4%	32	33.3	32.4	56.4	35.9	38.2	43.6	64.7	38.2	$16,179	$1,108	$15,071
Southern Bluffs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4010 Sunnyside Dr	La Crosse	54601	La Crosse County	La Crosse School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 789-7020	333	26	12.7	35.7%	289 (86.8%)	3 (0.9%)	9 (2.7%)	13 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.7%)	66.4	368^th of 1044 public elementary schools	64.8%		60.7	476^th of 1061 public elementary schools	55.1%	108	61.7	51.9	48.6	61.7	64.8	60.0	77.8	63.0	$15,454	$446	$15,008

Frequently Asked Questions about Hamilton Elementary School

How many students attend Hamilton Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 151 students attended Hamilton Elementary School.

What district is Hamilton Elementary School in?

La Crosse School District

What is the racial makeup of Hamilton Elementary School?

Students at Hamilton Elementary School are 35% White, 24% Two or more races, 23% African American, 11% Hispanic, 7% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Hamilton Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Hamilton Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Central High

Is Hamilton Elementary School a good school?

Hamilton Elementary School ranks in the bottom 8.5% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

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