1
What's the one class at Burleigh Elementary every student should take?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
927
Elementary
DISTRICT 707 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMBROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550177000218
Burleigh Elementary
16185 Burleigh Pl, Brookfield, WI 53005 · (262) 781-5280 · Waukesha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL927 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
99 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 | 130 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 166 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
80.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
84.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.5% | 84.7% |
| 2023-24 | 75.3% | 78.0% |
% 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
78.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Burleigh Elementary
Burleigh Elementary's state test result (78.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burleigh Elementary this school | 927 | 10.7% | 78.6% |
| Swanson Elementary Brookfield | 778 | 13.1% | 78.5% |
| Marcy Elementary Menomonee Falls | 488 | 11.1% | 84.3% |
| Classical School Appleton | 487 | 16.2% | 75.6% |
| Maple Avenue Elementary Sussex | 457 | 17.9% | 83.4% |
| Brookfield Elementary Brookfield | 641 | 4.4% | 84.2% |
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 Burleigh Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #47 of 982 | #17 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #27 of 992 ▲ 73 | #7 of 56 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #32 of 992 ▲ 43 | #8 of 56 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 927 | #7 of 1,157 | #1 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #776 of 901 | #53 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #277 of 901 | #12 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.7% | #1,005 of 1,064 | #45 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.9% | #57 of 240 | #8 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
927
+170 (+22%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 827
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 927 | 57.4 | 16.2:1 | 11% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 915 | 54.2 | 16.9:1 | 11% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 879 | 55.2 | 15.9:1 | 10% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 757 | 50 | 15.1:1 | 10% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 48.2 | 16.3:1 | 7% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 10% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 39 | 17.7:1 | 12% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 766 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 5% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 827 | 57 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burleigh Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (786 to 927); teachers up 19% (48.2 to 57.4).
About Burleigh Elementary
Burleigh Elementary is the name of a large elementary school in Brookfield, Wisconsin. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 927 students enrolled. That is 187% above the average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Elmbrook School District enrolls 7,845 students, and its 10 schools include Burleigh Elementary.
More than half of the students at Burleigh Elementary are White (64%). Other reported shares: 21% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 87% White among all Waukesha County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Burleigh Elementary has 57.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. The school's 16.2:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The school has 11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 78.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 71.1%.
For Waukesha County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $106,076 a year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Counting Burleigh Elementary, Waukesha County has 113 public schools.
Fairview South is about 0.9 miles from Burleigh Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Burleigh Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment increased by 22% across 4 years, from 757 in 2020-21 to 927 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.1:1 in 2020-21, and 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
Burleigh Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Elmbrook School District
- Brookfield East HighHigh · 1,374 students
- Brookfield Central HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Pilgrim Park MiddleMiddle · 898 students
- Wisconsin Hills MiddleMiddle · 812 students
- Swanson ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Dixon ElementaryElementary · 658 students
Other schools in Brookfield
- Brookfield East HighHigh · 1,374 students
- Brookfield Central HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Wisconsin Hills MiddleMiddle · 812 students
- Swanson ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Dixon ElementaryElementary · 658 students
- Brookfield ElementaryElementary · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Fairview South0.9 mi · 9
- Dixon Elementary1.1 mi · 658
- Brookfield East High1.3 mi · 1,374
- Brookfield Central High1.6 mi · 1,215
- Brookfield Elementary1.8 mi · 641
- Pilgrim Park Middle2.1 mi · 898
Frequently asked questions
About Burleigh ElementaryHow many students attend Burleigh Elementary?
Burleigh Elementary enrolls approximately 927 students in grades PK-05.
Is Burleigh Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Burleigh Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Burleigh Elementary have?
Burleigh Elementary employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Burleigh Elementary?
At Burleigh Elementary, the student body is approximately 64% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 21% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Burleigh Elementary public or private?
Burleigh Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elmbrook School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.