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What's the one class at East Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 275 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550957001117
East Elementary
201 S Janesville St, Milton, WI 53563 · (608) 868-9380 · Rock County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
117 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 65 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 22% |
Student demographics
23%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
Based on grade levels within Milton School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
48.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 45.9% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 East Elementary
East Elementary's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Elementary this school | 409 | 28.6% | 51.3% |
| Valders Elementary Valders | 411 | 29.2% | 43.7% |
| New Holstein Elementary New Holstein | 437 | 29.7% | 60.6% |
| Auburndale Elementary Auburndale | 421 | 27.1% | 67.6% |
| Wisconsin Heights Elementary Mazomanie | 391 | 27.4% | 72.5% |
| Levi Leonard Elementary Evansville | 424 | 24.3% | 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 East Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Rock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #601 of 982 | #15 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #611 of 992 ▲ 63 | #17 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #483 of 992 ▼ 57 | #13 of 27 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #325 of 1,157 | #12 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #750 of 901 | #24 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #696 of 901 | #25 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.6% | #759 of 1,064 | #25 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.5% | #37 of 240 | #2 of 13 |
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
409
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 29% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 37% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 28.9 | 14.8:1 | 30% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 27% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 22% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 28% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 32% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 11% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 28 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (326 to 409); teachers up 18% (22 to 26).
About East Elementary
East Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Milton, Wisconsin. The school has 409 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 3. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have about 323 students on average; enrollment here is 27% higher.
Milton School District oversees East Elementary and 6 other schools, with 3,461 students in total.
A large majority of enrollment at East Elementary is White, at 87%. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
With 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at East Elementary, 29% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Rock County average 47%.
East Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 23% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
A school with East Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 60.1%. East Elementary scores 51.3%, 8.8 points below that line.
The county, Rock County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $75,673 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Rock County has 65 public schools with about 25,542 students, including East Elementary.
Northside Intermediate sits about 0.7 miles from East Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. East Elementary comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around East Elementary as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (419) and 2024-25 (409). The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.8:1 in 2020-21 to 15.7:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for East Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Rock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,350
Census ACS
Median income
$75,673
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
25,542 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Milton School District
- Milton HighHigh · 1,057 students
- Northside IntermediateMiddle · 794 students
- Milton MiddleMiddle · 509 students
- West ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Harmony ElementaryElementary · 288 students
- Consolidated ElementaryElementary · 82 students
Other schools in Milton
- Milton HighHigh · 1,057 students
- Northside IntermediateMiddle · 794 students
- Milton MiddleMiddle · 509 students
- West ElementaryElementary · 322 students
Other East Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 21 states are named East Elementary. East Elementary is the 16th largest of the 44.
- East ElementaryBaraboo, WI · 334 students
- East ElementaryJefferson, WI · 283 students
- East ElementaryAntigo, WI · 198 students
- EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPUNTA GORDA, FL · 814 students
- EAST ELEMENTARYJACKSON, MO · 726 students
Nearby schools
- Northside Intermediate0.7 mi · 794
- Milton Middle0.8 mi · 509
- Milton High0.9 mi · 1,057
- West Elementary1.6 mi · 322
- Harmony Elementary3.4 mi · 288
- Kennedy Elementary4.9 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About East ElementaryHow many students attend East Elementary?
East Elementary enrolls approximately 409 students in grades PK-03.
Is East Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
East Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at East Elementary?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at East Elementary.
What is the student diversity at East Elementary?
Student demographics at East Elementary are roughly 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is East Elementary in?
East Elementary is part of Milton School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.