Darien Elementary

As a close-knit K-5 school in Darien, Wisconsin, Darien Elementary serves 223 students from grades 3 through 4, operated by Delavan-Darien School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Darien Elementary sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Darien Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Delavan-Darien School District, a district that educates 1,672 students overall.

Demographically, Darien Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 37% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Walworth County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Darien Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Darien Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Walworth County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Darien Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.2%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of +9.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Walworth County put median household income runs about $80,520, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Walworth County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,383 students), Darien Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Turtle Creek Elementary, roughly 2.7 miles away. 4 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), Darien Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Darien Elementary has fell 20%, going from 279 students in 2018 to 223 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 37% across the same window.

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