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G D Jones Elementary

Public Grades K-5

877^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,039 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Better than 16% of Wisconsin elementary schools

Summary

G D Jones Elementary is a K–5 school in Wausau, Wisconsin, serving 492 students as part of the Wausau School District. It has been rated 1 star every year for the past decade, and in 2025–2026 it ranked 877th out of 1,039 ranked elementary schools in the state — the 16th percentile, well below the average for its own district (241st of 432 districts in Wisconsin). About 52.64% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, up from 49.17% two years earlier, and per-student spending was $14,488.

Academics are the clearest challenge. On the 2025–2026 Forward Exam, G D Jones Elementary scored below district and state averages in every reported subject and grade: English language arts proficiency was 34.62%, 33.33%, and 31.25% in grades 3–5, and math was 37.18%, 23.46%, and 21.25%, with grade 5 math and grade 4 math especially low. Fourth grade social studies (49.38%) and science (34.57%) also trailed. Among nearby Wausau elementaries, G D Jones has the lowest state percentile — Stettin Elementary (68th), South Mountain Elementary (76th), Rib Mountain Elementary (71st), Riverview Elementary (49th), Thomas Jefferson Elementary (35th), Franklin Elementary (25th), and John Marshall Elementary (20th) all rank higher. Thomas Jefferson Elementary serves more low-income students yet reaches 56.76% proficiency in 4th grade ELA and 44.59% in 4th grade math.

Attendance is a relative strength: chronic absenteeism was 12.0% in 2024–2025, better than the district (15.2%) and state (17.3%), though higher than South Mountain Elementary (8.0%), Rib Mountain Elementary (6.3%), and Thomas Jefferson Elementary (7.9%). Class size (13.5 students per teacher) and spending ($14,488) are mid-range among nearby schools, so the school is not unusually under-resourced. Results vary widely by student group: low-income students ranked in the 13th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, while special education students improved to the 46th percentile. Overall, this is a school with long-standing academic struggles — especially in math and grade 5 — where similar or higher-poverty neighbors achieve much more.

492

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,488

Per pupil spending ?

52.6%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

1018 S 12th Ave
Wausau, WI 54401-5873

(715) 261-0950

District: Wausau School District

Students who attend G D Jones Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	John Muir Middle
High:	West High

Racial breakdown:

White:

50.8%

Asian:

31.1%

Two or more races:

10.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 29th percentile in 2016 → 16th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (33% vs 55% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school33%

District avg51%

Wisconsin avg55%

877^th of 1,039

Wisconsin public elementary schools ?

Bottom 16%▼ down 13 pts since 2016

From bottom 29% (2016) to bottom 16% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 10Elementary Schools in the Wausau School District

241^st of 432Wausau 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
2026	18.8	877 of 1039	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.1	845 of 1044	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.8	865 of 1061	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.4	791 of 1067	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.9	830 of 1067	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.8	805 of 1050	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.1	870 of 1037	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.4	837 of 1025	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	35.6	770 of 1071	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	37.1	763 of 1075	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	32.3	842 of 1076	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	27.0	886 of 1061	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	38.1	779 of 1053	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	38.6	825 of 1045	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	30.6	877 of 1046	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	39.7	773 of 1045	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	28.5	873 of 1030	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	21.1	903 of 1021	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	7.9	643 of 689	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	18.6	616 of 712	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	19.4	534 of 632	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	57.9	337 of 633	46.8%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	25.6	94 of 121	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.5	96 of 116	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.7	90 of 123	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.5	73 of 116	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.4	94 of 110	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.9	44 of 106	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	28.4	84 of 122	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.7	63 of 107	41.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	26.4	211 of 245	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	49.1	104 of 255	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.7	148 of 269	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	54.6	85 of 249	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.2	117 of 248	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.2	138 of 222	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.6	106 of 275	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.4	114 of 287	60.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	16.7	851 of 986	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.5	863 of 1001	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.9	811 of 1011	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.6	735 of 1010	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.9	760 of 1017	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.1	807 of 1004	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.4	692 of 1002	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.0	751 of 997	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	35.2	239 of 347	31.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	20.7	736 of 848	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.6	728 of 870	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.7	638 of 866	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.6	564 of 871	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.8	652 of 859	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.1	582 of 847	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.8	649 of 874	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.5	561 of 854	34.3%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	23.0	807 of 989	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.7	741 of 1000	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	836 of 1012	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.1	754 of 1011	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.1	794 of 1017	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.0	700 of 1003	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	12.6	893 of 1002	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.8	838 of 997	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	10.6	108 of 113	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	44.8	424 of 791	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	25.3	637 of 802	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.1	545 of 790	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	59.1	258 of 770	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	36.1	484 of 748	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.5	453 of 746	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.1	591 of 742	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.0	605 of 721	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2026	9.4	664 of 697	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.5	654 of 718	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.5	675 of 727	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.9	627 of 715	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	614 of 704	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.8	586 of 699	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.7	664 of 718	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.3	630 of 686	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2026)46th percentile+31 vs school

Hispanic (2026)31st percentile+16 vs school

Asian (2026)22nd percentile+7 vs school

Male (2026)18th percentile+3 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)14th percentile~ school

Female (2026)14th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile~ school

White (2026)5th percentile-11 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)4th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies49%-16 vs state

Science35%-19 vs state

English Language Arts33%-20 vs state

Mathematics27%-26 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2026)				Forward Exam Mathematics (2026)				Forward Exam Social Studies (2026)	Forward Exam Science (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners meeting all minimum immunization requirements	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
G D Jones Elementary	Public	K-5	1018 S 12th Ave	Wausau	54401	Marathon County	Wausau School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 261-0950	492	36	13.5	52.6%	250 (50.8%)	6 (1.2%)	28 (5.7%)	153 (31.1%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.0%)	18.8	877^th of 1039 public elementary schools	15.6%		24.1	845^th of 1044 public elementary schools	19.1%	32	34.6	33.3	31.3		37.2	23.5	21.3		49.4	34.6			$14,488	$1,066	$13,422
Rib Mountain Elementary	Public	K-5	150801 Robin Lane	Wausau	54401	Marathon County	Wausau School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 261-0220	194	16	12.3	25.8%	142 (73.2%)	2 (1.0%)	8 (4.1%)	34 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	70.6	300^th of 1039 public elementary schools	71.1%		71.2	295^th of 1044 public elementary schools	71.7%	5	71.0	64.7	50.0		80.7	70.6	57.7		64.7	64.7			$17,242	$641	$16,601
John Marshall Elementary	Public	K-5	1918 Lamont St	Wausau	54403	Marathon County	Wausau School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 261-0060	231	19	11.9	58.9%	129 (55.8%)	14 (6.1%)	24 (10.4%)	42 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (9.5%)	26.1	827^th of 1039 public elementary schools	20.4%		29.9	811^th of 1044 public elementary schools	22.3%	16	33.3	27.8	60.4		31.1	20.0	54.2		40.0	30.9	79%		$15,618	$1,101	$14,517
Franklin Elementary	Public	K-5	1509 N 5th St	Wausau	54403	Marathon County	Wausau School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 261-0000	181	17	10.4	69.1%	88 (48.6%)	5 (2.8%)	19 (10.5%)	51 (28.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (9.4%)	32.4	782^nd of 1039 public elementary schools	24.7%		32.6	787^th of 1044 public elementary schools	24.6%	5	40.5	41.3	44.9		37.2	28.3	38.8		65.2	41.3	83%		$18,053	$1,623	$16,430
Thomas Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-5	500 W Randolph St	Wausau	54401	Marathon County	Wausau School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 261-0175	372	29	12.8	61.0%	171 (46.0%)	8 (2.2%)	25 (6.7%)	129 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (10.5%)	43.5	677^th of 1039 public elementary schools	34.8%		60.6	450^th of 1044 public elementary schools	56.9%	227	36.5	56.8	38.5		46.0	44.6	50.8		67.6	51.4	89%		$16,125	$968	$15,157
Stettin Elementary	Public	K-5	109 N 56th Ave	Wausau	54401	Marathon County	Wausau School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 261-0205	327	17	18.8	37.9%	224 (68.5%)	7 (2.1%)	28 (8.6%)	44 (13.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.7%)	68.6	334^th of 1039 public elementary schools	67.9%		80.6	151^st of 1044 public elementary schools	85.5%	183	35.3	68.6	83.3		43.1	58.8	86.4		76.5	64.7	93%		$11,703	$549	$11,153
South Mountain Elementary	Public	K-5	224700 Bittersweet Rd	Wausau	54401	Marathon County	Wausau School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 261-0235	235	20	11.5	20.9%	189 (80.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	31 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.1%)	74.4	248^th of 1039 public elementary schools	76.1%		85.5	87^th of 1044 public elementary schools	91.7%	161	80.0	67.7	76.9		82.9	47.1	60.0		73.5	58.8	88%		$17,005	$630	$16,375
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3101 N 13th St	Wausau	54403	Marathon County	Wausau School District	Yes	No	No	No	(715) 261-0795	121	7	16.9	30.6%	104 (86.0%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.3%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (8.3%)	67.3	353^rd of 1039 public elementary schools	66.0%		65.9	371^st of 1044 public elementary schools	64.5%	18	69.2	72.7	53.3	66.7	84.6	45.5	40.0	44.4	86.4	72.7	78%		$12,314	$755	$11,559
Riverview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4303 Troy St	Wausau	54403	Marathon County	Wausau School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 261-0030	445	27	16.3	44.3%	316 (71.0%)	4 (0.9%)	19 (4.3%)	74 (16.6%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.1%)	55.3	527^th of 1039 public elementary schools	49.3%		41.1	713^th of 1044 public elementary schools	31.7%	186	43.1	61.3	57.5		33.9	50.0	62.1		68.8	60.0	88%		$13,521	$613	$12,908
Rothschild Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	810 1st St	Rothschild	54474	Marathon County	D C Everest Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 359-3186	408	30	13.8	40.9%	276 (67.6%)	9 (2.2%)	20 (4.9%)	74 (18.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (6.6%)	58.2	475^th of 1039 public elementary schools	54.3%		58.2	486^th of 1044 public elementary schools	53.4%	11	72.0	50.9	64.3		78.0	49.1	61.4		51.8	37.5	87%		$14,298	$667	$13,632

Frequently Asked Questions about G D Jones Elementary

What is the racial makeup of G D Jones Elementary?

Students at G D Jones Elementary are 51% White, 31% Asian, 10% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 1% African American, 1% American Indian.

How many students attend G D Jones Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 492 students attended G D Jones Elementary.

What schools do graduates of G D Jones Elementary attend?

Students who attend G D Jones Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : John Muir Middle
High : West High

Is G D Jones Elementary a good school?

G D Jones Elementary ranks in the bottom 15.6% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

What district is G D Jones Elementary in?

Wausau School District

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