Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle

Set in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, part of Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District. It educates 359 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 514 students; Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Sheboygan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sheboygan County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.7%; this one delivers 79.8%, a residual of +15.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sheboygan County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,094, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Sheboygan County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,340 students), Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Elkhart Lake High, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle's enrollment has rose 23% since 2018, when it stood at 292 (now 359). Class-load math has grew: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.