Brookfield Elementary

As a big elementary campus in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Brookfield Elementary serves 641 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Elmbrook School District. Enrollment runs roughly 98% bigger than the state mean of about 323.

Elmbrook School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 7,845 students. Brookfield Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Brookfield Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 11% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Waukesha County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Brookfield Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Brookfield Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 4% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Waukesha County's rate of about 17%.

After controlling for student poverty, Brookfield Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.0%, the actual is 84.2%, a residual of +9.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Waukesha County shows median household income runs about $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Brookfield Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Brookfield Central High, roughly 1.3 miles away. 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), Brookfield Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 75.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brookfield Elementary has ticked up 14%, going from 562 students in 2018 to 641 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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