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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREEN BAY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550582000611
Baird Elementary
539 Laverne Dr, Green Bay, WI 54311 · (920) 391-2410 · Brown County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
326 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 76 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
44.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.8% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 52.2% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Baird Elementary
Baird Elementary's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baird Elementary this school | 513 | 63.5% | 45.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary West Allis | 393 | 64.6% | 32.8% |
| Burdick Elementary Milwaukee | 527 | 58.1% | 41.3% |
| Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School Madison | 462 | 58.7% | 34.8% |
| Jackson Elementary Green Bay | 382 | 57.6% | 36.2% |
| Cooper Elementary Milwaukee | 447 | 55.5% | 53.6% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Baird Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #694 of 982 | #27 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #673 of 992 ▼ 75 | #27 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #644 of 992 ▲ 80 | #27 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #135 of 1,157 | #13 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #483 of 901 | #25 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #86 of 901 | #10 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #242 of 1,064 | #17 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.0% | #34 of 240 | #4 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
513
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 513 | 38.3 | 13.4:1 | 64% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 38.6 | 13.2:1 | 65% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 37.7 | 14.3:1 | 63% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 66% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 34.4 | 11.7:1 | 64% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 71% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 20 | 16.7:1 | 53% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 18 | 17.3:1 | 34% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 28 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baird Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (404 to 513); teachers up 11% (34.4 to 38.3).
About Baird Elementary
Baird Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The school enrolls 513 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average enrollment is about 323.
The 44 schools of Green Bay Area Public School District, including Baird Elementary, enroll 18,722 students.
Hispanic students account for 42% of enrollment at Baird Elementary, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 33% White, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among people living in Brown County, the Hispanic share is about 10%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Baird Elementary scores 70%.
Baird Elementary reports a ratio of 13.4 students per teacher, from 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 1.3 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Baird Elementary, 64% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Brown County, the average eligibility rate is 39%.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Baird Elementary outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Baird Elementary would be expected to post about 38.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.3%.
The school is in Brown County, where median household income comes to about $79,649, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brown County counts 86 public schools with about 42,385 students.
Baird Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Brown County Institute of Learning, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Baird Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Baird Elementary at 2nd of 8.
The NCES locale for Baird Elementary is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Baird Elementary enrolled 552 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 513.
The Baird Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
270,892
Census ACS
Median income
$79,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Green Bay Area Public School District
- Preble HighHigh · 2,149 students
- Edison MiddleMiddle · 1,121 students
- East HighHigh · 1,119 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,025 students
- Red Smith K-8Elementary · 924 students
- West HighHigh · 777 students
Other schools in Green Bay
- Preble HighHigh · 2,149 students
- Bay Port HighHigh · 1,966 students
- Edison MiddleMiddle · 1,121 students
- East HighHigh · 1,119 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,025 students
- Ashwaubenon HighHigh · 1,024 students
Other Baird Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Baird Elementary. Baird Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Baird Elementary SchoolBAIRD, TX · 208 students
Nearby schools
- Brown County Institute of Learning0.8 mi · 15
- Edison Middle1.4 mi · 1,121
- Danz Elementary1.7 mi · 542
- Preble High1.8 mi · 2,149
- Martin Elementary2.1 mi · 363
- Wilder Elementary2.5 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Baird ElementaryHow many students attend Baird Elementary?
Baird Elementary enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Baird Elementary serve?
Baird Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Baird Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Baird Elementary is approximately 13.4:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Baird Elementary?
At Baird Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 42% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Baird Elementary?
Baird Elementary is overseen by Green Bay Area Public School District in Brown County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.