Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KETTLE MORAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550351000374
Cushing Elementary
227 N Genesee St, Delafield, WI 53018 · (262) 646-6700 · Waukesha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
12.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
28 students
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cushing Elementary→Kettle Moraine Middle
Based on grade levels within Kettle Moraine School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
76.6%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 | 75.9% | 76.6% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 73.0% |
% 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
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Cushing Elementary
Cushing Elementary's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushing Elementary this school | 281 | 10.0% | 73.8% |
| Bryant Elementary Superior | 283 | 11.3% | 61.6% |
| Evergreen Elementary Waterford | 310 | 11.0% | 62.4% |
| 4K Center for Literacy Kimberly | 271 | 10.3% | N/A |
| Willow River Elementary Hudson | 278 | 12.9% | 72.0% |
| Mount Horeb Primary Center Mount Horeb | 269 | 13.8% | N/A |
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 Cushing Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #124 of 982 | #32 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #100 of 992 ▲ 70 | #30 of 56 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #69 of 992 ▲ 72 | #23 of 56 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #676 of 1,157 | #52 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #303 of 901 | #9 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #751 of 901 | #52 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #1,016 of 1,064 | #49 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.0% | #45 of 664 | #4 of 27 |
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
281
-82 (-23%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 281 | 22.9 | 12.3:1 | 10% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 24.4 | 12.9:1 | 14% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 23.6 | 14.4:1 | 14% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 26.7 | 16.2:1 | 10% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 12% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 10% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 4% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cushing Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (432 to 281); teachers down 14% (26.7 to 22.9).
About Cushing Elementary
Cushing Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Delafield, Wisconsin. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 281 students enrolled.
Cushing Elementary is one school in a 12-school district, Kettle Moraine School District, which enrolls 3,361 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Cushing Elementary is White, at 89%. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among Waukesha County residents, the White share is about 87%. The diversity index for Cushing Elementary is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. At Cushing Elementary, 10% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Cushing Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 73.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 71.5%.
In Waukesha County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $106,076 a year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Waukesha County number 113, with about 60,032 students.
Cushing Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Kettle Moraine 4K, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Cushing Elementary at 6th of 7.
The NCES locale for Cushing Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 23%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.0:1 to 12.3:1 over the same years.
Cushing Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Kettle Moraine School District
- Kettle Moraine HighHigh · 869 students
- Kettle Moraine MiddleMiddle · 726 students
- Wales ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Dousman ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Magee ElementaryElementary · 255 students
- High School of Health SciencesHigh · 176 students
Other Cushing Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cushing Elementary. Cushing Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Cushing ElementaryScituate, MA · 352 students
- Cushing Elementary SchoolCUSHING, TX · 260 students
Nearby schools
- Kettle Moraine 4K0.0 mi · 53
- Summit Elementary3.0 mi · 504
- Lake Country School3.1 mi · 447
- Adeline Montessori School Inc3.1 mi · 211
- KM Global Sch3.6 mi · 71
- KM Connect3.6 mi · 35
Frequently asked questions
About Cushing ElementaryHow many students attend Cushing Elementary?
Cushing Elementary enrolls approximately 281 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cushing Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cushing Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cushing Elementary have?
Cushing Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cushing Elementary?
At Cushing Elementary, the student body is approximately 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Cushing Elementary public or private?
Cushing Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kettle Moraine School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.