Burleigh Elementary

As a large primary school in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Burleigh Elementary hosts 927 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Elmbrook School District. That puts it 187% above the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Elmbrook School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,845 students; Burleigh Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Burleigh Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 21% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 11% of students at Burleigh Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Burleigh Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Waukesha County reports that median household income runs about $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Burleigh Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Fairview South is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Burleigh Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Burleigh Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 76.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 786 students in 2018 compared to 927 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.