Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITNALL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550600002392
Edgerton Elementary
5145 S 116th St, Hales Corners, WI 53130 · (414) 525-8900 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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.
- A-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
12.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
98 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 Whitnall School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
66.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.1% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.4% | 66.0% |
% 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
73.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Edgerton Elementary
Edgerton Elementary's state test result (73.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgerton Elementary this school | 378 | 25.9% | 73.4% |
| Highland View Elementary Greendale | 336 | 26.5% | 67.9% |
| Meadowview Elementary Oak Creek | 320 | 25.6% | 66.3% |
| Stoner Prairie Elementary Fitchburg | 407 | 29.2% | 65.0% |
| Berry Elementary Appleton | 368 | 22.6% | 65.7% |
| Carollton Elementary Oak Creek | 376 | 31.9% | 71.2% |
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 Edgerton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #129 of 982 | #10 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #256 of 992 ▲ 54 | #24 of 174 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #93 of 992 ▼ 28 | #9 of 174 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #399 of 1,157 | #71 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #366 of 901 | #23 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #318 of 901 | #77 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #797 of 1,064 | #152 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #397 of 664 | #82 of 133 |
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
378
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 378 | 29.9 | 12.7:1 | 26% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 31.4 | 12.0:1 | 28% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 32.3 | 11.4:1 | 26% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 32 | 11.9:1 | 28% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 28.6 | 15.1:1 | 21% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 23% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 19 | 16.5:1 | 17% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 9% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 19 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgerton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (430 to 378); teachers up 4% (28.6 to 29.9).
About Edgerton Elementary
Edgerton Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. It educates 378 students in pre-K through 5.
Whitnall School District serves 2,364 students across 5 schools.
White students make up a majority at Edgerton Elementary, at 68%. Next come 19% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 51% White among all Milwaukee County residents. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.7 students per teacher. That is 2.1 students per teacher below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 26% of students. The gap from the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 38 points.
The allk12 Grade for Edgerton Elementary is A. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Edgerton Elementary scores 73.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 61.7%.
Milwaukee County has about 926,331 residents, and the median household income is $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. In all, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools and roughly 122,496 students.
The school nearest to Edgerton Elementary is CORE4, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Edgerton Elementary is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (381) to 2024-25 (378).
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitnall School District
- Whitnall HighHigh · 821 students
- Whitnall MiddleMiddle · 558 students
- Hales Corners ElementaryElementary · 520 students
- CORE4Elementary · 87 students
Other schools in Hales Corners
- Hales Corners ElementaryElementary · 520 students
Other Edgerton Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Edgerton Elementary. Edgerton Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- EDGERTON ELEMENTARYMAPLEWOOD, MN · 385 students
- Edgerton Elementary SchoolEdgerton, OH · 251 students
- EDGERTON ELEMENTARYEDGERTON, MN · 209 students
- Edgerton ElemEdgerton, KS · 133 students
Nearby schools
- CORE40.0 mi · 87
- Whitnall Middle0.2 mi · 558
- Whitnall High0.3 mi · 821
- Hales Corners Elementary0.9 mi · 520
- Elmwood Elementary1.8 mi · 567
- Eisenhower Middle/High1.9 mi · 1,095
Frequently asked questions
About Edgerton ElementaryHow many students attend Edgerton Elementary?
Edgerton Elementary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Edgerton Elementary serve?
Edgerton Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Edgerton Elementary have?
Edgerton Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edgerton Elementary?
At Edgerton Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Edgerton Elementary?
Edgerton Elementary is overseen by Whitnall School District in Milwaukee County.
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