NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools WI

Best-Resourced Schools in Chippewa Falls, WI

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10 public K-12 schools in Chippewa Falls from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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10
Schools
4,461
Students
43.2/100
Avg Resource Index
15.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Chippewa Falls has more public-school enrollment than 50% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Chippewa Falls sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Chippewa Falls's list includes 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Chippewa Falls lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 1 to 1,451 students, a 1451-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 50%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
61st percentile
Teacher staffing
52nd percentile

Chippewa Falls High accounts for 32.5% of all Chippewa Falls public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Chippewa Falls-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Chippewa Falls school enrollment varies 1451× across entities

Chippewa Falls school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,451 students (highest), a spread of 1,450 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Chippewa Falls student-teacher ratio is 15.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Chippewa Falls is typically wider than the Chippewa Falls-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Southview Elementary 51
2. Chippewa Falls Middle 49
3. Hillcrest Elementary 47
4. Parkview Elementary 46
5. Stillson Elementary 46
6. Halmstad Elementary 44
7. Korger-Chestnut 42
8. Chippewa Falls High 34
9. Northern Wisconsin Center 30
10. Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment Facililty -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Chippewa Falls

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Northern Wisconsin Center 44.4/100
  2. 2 Halmstad Elementary 40.6/100
  3. 3 Southview Elementary 25.3/100
  4. 4 Parkview Elementary 23.7/100
  5. 5 Chippewa Falls Middle 22.3/100

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Which Chippewa Falls school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Southview Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Chippewa Falls schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Chippewa Falls, WI? ▼

Chippewa Falls has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,461 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.