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Enrollment
830
Elementary
STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRISTOL #1 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550171000209
Bristol Elementary
20121 83rd St, Bristol, WI 53104 · (262) 857-2334 · Kenosha County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL830 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.2:1
55 FTE teachers
STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
152 students
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 | 55 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 45% smaller than its 8th grade class (100).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
69.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
68.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.6% | 68.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 63.8% |
% 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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Bristol Elementary
Bristol Elementary's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Elementary this school | 830 | 18.3% | 66.7% |
| Freedom Elementary Freedom | 691 | 20.0% | 61.1% |
| Denmark Elementary Denmark | 778 | 22.8% | 66.1% |
| Bay Lane Elementary Muskego | 912 | 12.7% | 75.6% |
| Winneconne Elementary Winneconne | 823 | 20.4% | 76.0% |
| Greenville Elementary Greenville | 605 | 15.4% | 64.1% |
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 Bristol Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Kenosha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #260 of 982 | #5 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #233 of 992 ▲ 121 | #4 of 34 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #140 of 992 ▲ 126 | #2 of 34 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 830 | #13 of 1,157 | #3 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #702 of 901 | #29 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #618 of 901 | #28 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.3% | #909 of 1,064 | #33 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #645 of 664 | #15 of 15 |
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
830
+27 (+3%) vs 2020
+99% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 830 | 54.6 | 15.2:1 | 18% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 814 | 54.9 | 14.8:1 | 20% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 53.7 | 14.6:1 | 16% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 803 | 48 | 16.7:1 | 20% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 839 | 48 | 17.5:1 | 17% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 755 | 43 | 17.6:1 | 19% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | 38 | 17.3:1 | 23% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 4% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 24 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bristol Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (839 to 830); teachers up 14% (48 to 54.6).
About Bristol Elementary
Among the schools in Bristol, Wisconsin, is Bristol Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 830 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 157% larger than the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Bristol Elementary belongs to Bristol #1 School District.
Bristol Elementary is 85% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Kenosha County's population at about 75%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bristol Elementary scores 28%.
The school's 54.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. That is in line with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Income data for the school show 18% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Kenosha County averages 48%, higher than here.
Bristol Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 57% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Bristol Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (66.7%) and its predicted rate (66.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
Census data for Kenosha County show median household income comes to about $81,239, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 56 public schools in the county, enrolling about 27,114, Bristol Elementary among them.
Of the public schools around it, Bristol Elementary is closest to Central High, about 2.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. On average proficiency, Bristol Elementary is 2nd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Bristol Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% rise, from 803 to 830. The ratio was 16.7:1 in 2020-21 and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Kenosha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
168,438
Census ACS
Median income
$81,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
27,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Bristol Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Bristol Elementary. Bristol Elementary is the largest of the 7.
- BRISTOL ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 361 students
- Bristol Elementary SchoolBristol, IN · 296 students
- Bristol Elementary SchoolBristol, VT · 284 students
- Bristol Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 267 students
- Bristol Elementary SchoolBristolville, OH · 232 students
Nearby schools
- Central High2.9 mi · 1,309
- Salem Elementary3.0 mi · 936
- Paris Elementary5.0 mi · 251
- Trevor-Wilmot Grade5.1 mi · 455
- Hillcrest Elementary School5.2 mi · 614
- Mary Kay McNeill ELC5.7 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About Bristol ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bristol Elementary?
Bristol Elementary enrolls approximately 830 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Bristol Elementary serve?
Bristol Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bristol Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bristol Elementary is approximately 15.2:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bristol Elementary?
At Bristol Elementary, the student body is approximately 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Bristol Elementary public or private?
Bristol Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bristol #1 School District.
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