Berry Elementary

Berry Elementary, a moderately sized primary school in Appleton, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Appleton Area School District, teaches 368 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 38 schools in Appleton Area School District (14,994 students total), Berry Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Berry Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Calumet County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Berry Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.8%; this one delivers 65.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Calumet County) logs that median household income runs about $88,810, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Calumet County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,846 students), Berry Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Horizons Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Berry Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.4%.

Berry Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 438 students in 2018 compared to 368 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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