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Enrollment
912
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSKEGO-NORWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551017001336
Bay Lane Elementary
S75W16399 Hilltop Dr, Muskego, WI 53150 · (262) 971-1810 · Waukesha County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL912 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest 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
15.0:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
116 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 | 210 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 164 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 27% smaller than its 4th grade class (164).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
75.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
81.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 up about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.1% | 81.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 75.8% |
% 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
75.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Bay Lane Elementary
Bay Lane Elementary's state test result (75.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Lane Elementary this school | 912 | 12.7% | 75.6% |
| Bristol Elementary Bristol | 830 | 18.3% | 66.7% |
| Heritage Elementary De Pere | 608 | 13.8% | 76.2% |
| Freedom Elementary Freedom | 691 | 20.0% | 61.1% |
| Greenville Elementary Greenville | 605 | 15.4% | 64.1% |
| Winneconne Elementary Winneconne | 823 | 20.4% | 76.0% |
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 Bay Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #88 of 982 | #26 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #48 of 992 ▲ 72 | #14 of 56 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #76 of 992 ▲ 67 | #25 of 56 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 912 | #9 of 1,157 | #2 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #685 of 901 | #40 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.5% | #651 of 901 | #41 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.7% | #986 of 1,064 | #36 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +76.4% | #7 of 240 | #1 of 28 |
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
912
-43 (-5%) vs 2020
+93% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 912 | 60.8 | 15.0:1 | 13% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 904 | 62 | 14.6:1 | 11% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 919 | 60.6 | 15.2:1 | 10% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 955 | 58 | 16.5:1 | 11% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 27.9 | 18.6:1 | 9% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 4% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 28 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bay Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 76% (517 to 912); teachers up 118% (27.9 to 60.8).
About Bay Lane Elementary
Bay Lane Elementary, a large elementary school, is located in Muskego, Wisconsin. The school serves 912 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Wisconsin is roughly 323 students; this school is 182% above that.
Bay Lane Elementary is a school in Muskego-Norway School District. The district has 6 schools and 4,602 students.
Bay Lane Elementary's enrollment is 86% White. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The White share in Waukesha County as a whole is similar, at about 87%. Pick two students at random and there is a 26% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 15.0:1 comes from the school's 60.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. The lunch program counts 13% of students at Bay Lane Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Bay Lane Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Bay Lane Elementary would be expected to post about 69.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.6%.
In Waukesha County (population about 411,762), the median household income is $106,076, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. There are 113 public schools in Waukesha County, enrolling about 60,032 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Muskego High, about 2.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 75.6% is above the 72.8% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 5% from its 2020-21 level of 955. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.5:1 to 15.0:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Bay Lane Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muskego-Norway School District
- Muskego HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Muskego Lakes MiddleMiddle · 676 students
- Lake Denoon MiddleMiddle · 673 students
- Mill Valley ElementaryElementary · 417 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 290 students
Other schools in Muskego
- Muskego HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Muskego Lakes MiddleMiddle · 676 students
- Lake Denoon MiddleMiddle · 673 students
- Mill Valley ElementaryElementary · 417 students
Nearby schools
- Muskego High2.1 mi · 1,634
- Muskego Lakes Middle2.2 mi · 676
- Mill Valley Elementary2.3 mi · 417
- Elmwood Elementary2.4 mi · 567
- Country Dale Elementary2.9 mi · 437
- Robinwood Elementary3.6 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Bay Lane ElementaryHow many students attend Bay Lane Elementary?
Bay Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 912 students in grades PK-04.
Is Bay Lane Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bay Lane Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Bay Lane Elementary have?
Bay Lane Elementary employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Bay Lane Elementary?
Student demographics at Bay Lane Elementary are roughly 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bay Lane Elementary in?
Bay Lane Elementary is part of Muskego-Norway School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.