Susie C Altmayer Elementary, De Pere WI

Original Research by School Decision on Susie C Altmayer Elementary

Susie C Altmayer Elementary is a regular public school in the Unified School District of De Pere, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade. It is one of several elementary schools in a mid-sized city that is part of the Green Bay metropolitan area, sitting on both banks of the Fox River. De Pere has a historic downtown core, a private liberal arts college, and a mix of older riverfront homes and newer suburban subdivisions. The city has seen relatively stable population growth in recent years. The district itself did not have any recent major changes, such as referendums or curriculum overhauls, that were publicly reported in the available search results.

Altmayer Elementary serves a student body that is predominantly white, with a smaller share of students identifying as Hispanic, two or more races, Asian, Black, or American Indian or Alaska Native. About a quarter of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a mix of economic backgrounds. The school does not serve grades that take a high school exit exam, so there is no graduation rate to report. This is simply a reflection of its grade band.

On state assessments, Altmayer’s students performed at a level that places the school in the top quartile for overall proficiency among schools within Brown County. In both third and fourth grade math, a large majority of students scored at or above the proficiency benchmark, with fourth grade math showing a slightly lower but still strong result. In English language arts, the third grade cohort also had a high proficiency rate, while the fourth grade cohort's rate was lower, a difference a parent may want to ask the school about. Fourth grade science results were somewhat lower than the school’s math and social studies scores, while fourth grade social studies proficiency was high. The school had full participation in testing across all subjects and grades. The pattern is one of solid academic performance, with one dip in fourth grade reading that is worth a closer look.

The school’s setting is a standard public elementary environment. Because it is a primary-level school, there are no advanced placement, dual-credit, or career pathway programs to consider; those offerings begin at the secondary level. There was no data available on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, staffing ratios, or special education and English learner populations, so a parent who wants to understand those dimensions of student support should ask the school directly.

For a family living in or moving to the eastern part of the Green Bay metro area, Altmayer Elementary offers a strong academic foundation through the early elementary years. The housing market in De Pere has home values that are above the national median, and rents are in a range that reflects the region’s cost of living. The city itself has a walkable downtown along the river, recreational trails, and the presence of St. Norbert College as a cultural anchor. The district did not show any major turmoil or policy shifts in recent public records. Altmayer fits a family looking for a conventional public elementary school with consistently strong test scores, in a growing suburban city with a historic core.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 389%

School 89% · District 84% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 481%

School 81% · District 76% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 388%

School 88% · District 81% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

Grade 473%

School 73% · District 74% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Science

Grade 471%

School 71% · District 68% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 83% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

This schoolDe Pere School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income75%Higher-income93%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income59%Higher-income79%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income79%Higher-income93%14 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income59%Higher-income89%30 pp gap