Port Edwards Ed Heuer Elementary School, Port Edwards WI

Original Research by School Decision on Port Edwards Ed Heuer Elementary School

Port Edwards Ed Heuer Elementary School is a regular public school serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the small, post-industrial village of Port Edwards, Wisconsin. The school is part of the Port Edwards School District.

This is a small elementary school. The student body is predominantly white, with a notable share of students who identify as two or more races and a smaller but present Hispanic population. Just over half of the students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a common measure of economic need.

Academically, the picture from the most recent state assessments is mixed. In fourth grade, half of students met or exceeded the bar in math, and a little over forty percent did so in English language arts. The strongest subject across a tested grade was social studies in fourth grade, where more than half of students scored proficient or above. Science results for that grade were similar to fourth-grade English. Weaker results appeared in third-grade math and fifth-grade math, where the share of students reaching proficiency was in the mid-to-late twenties. Third-grade English was also below the half mark. When looking across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index placed it in the bottom quarter when compared with other districts in Wood County. A parent would want to ask the school about the support it provides in the early elementary grades, particularly in math, and how it works to raise proficiency as students move through the upper grades.

Because the school serves only through fifth grade, there is no data here on graduation rates, advanced coursework, or postsecondary transitions. Those are features of the district's middle and high school, not this building.

The school itself sits within the village, integrated among older single-family homes and civic buildings rather than on a separate campus. Port Edwards is a compact village along the Wisconsin River that was built around paper manufacturing. The mill that was the area's dominant employer closed in recent years, leaving the community in a period of economic adjustment. Housing in the area is moderately priced relative to state and national benchmarks. The district did not appear to have undergone any major recent changes such as a referendum, a budget crisis, or a curriculum overhaul, based on what was publicly reported.

For a family considering this school, the main considerations are straightforward. It is a small, neighborhood elementary school in a village that has lost its major industry and now functions as a residential community. Academic results, especially in math, are an area the school is working on. The district will naturally send students to a middle and high school in the same system once they leave fifth grade. A parent looking for an elementary school with strong test scores across the board may want to inquire further about the academic supports available in the earlier grades and the school's approach to improving student outcomes.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 46%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 53%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

This schoolPort Edwards 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-income23%Higher-income54%31 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income47%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income70%35 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income23%Higher-income39%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income67%31 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income26%Higher-income30%4 pp gap