County Line Elementary

County Line Elementary, a heavily attended elementary-level community in Germantown, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Germantown School District, instructs 496 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 54% above the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Within Germantown School District, which oversees 6 schools and 3,835 students, County Line Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, County Line Elementary records that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, County Line Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Washington County (around 23%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, County Line Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.0%; this one delivers 75.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $96,359, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Washington County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,746 students), of which County Line Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Shady Lane Elementary, around 1.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), County Line Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 468 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 85% to 80%. Class-load math has grew: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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