Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETON-CROSS PLAINS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550951001105
Elm Lawn Elementary
6701 Woodgate Rd, Middleton, WI 53562 · (608) 829-9070 · Dane County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL313 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.
- B+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
11.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
46 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (67).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
79.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.6% | 79.8% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 78.7% |
% 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
77.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Elm Lawn Elementary
Elm Lawn Elementary's state test result (77.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Lawn Elementary this school | 313 | 14.7% | 77.6% |
| West Middleton Elementary Verona | 334 | 15.6% | 75.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary Wauwatosa | 336 | 11.6% | 76.4% |
| Valley View Elementary Menomonee Falls | 369 | 20.3% | 66.6% |
| Oakwood Elementary Oshkosh | 382 | 14.7% | 72.7% |
| Core Knowledge Charter School Verona | 417 | 10.6% | 74.4% |
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 Elm Lawn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #58 of 982 | #5 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #63 of 992 ▲ 30 | #6 of 74 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #60 of 992 ▲ 72 | #6 of 74 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #577 of 1,157 | #61 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #170 of 901 | #31 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #354 of 901 | #51 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #959 of 1,064 | #71 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.0% | #59 of 664 | #5 of 61 |
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
313
-61 (-16%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 313 | 27.6 | 11.3:1 | 15% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 30.5 | 11.0:1 | 18% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 29.3 | 12.1:1 | 20% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 35 | 10.7:1 | 20% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 31.7 | 14.8:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 17% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 16% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 10% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 34 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elm Lawn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (467 to 313); teachers down 13% (31.7 to 27.6).
About Elm Lawn Elementary
Elm Lawn Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Middleton, Wisconsin. It had 313 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 4.
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District runs 12 schools with a combined 7,167 students. Elm Lawn Elementary is one of them.
About 72% of the student body at Elm Lawn Elementary is White. Smaller groups are 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
For every teacher at Elm Lawn Elementary, there are about 11.3 students; the school has 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. There are 46 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 15% of enrollment. It compares with 32% for public schools in Dane County.
Elm Lawn Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Elm Lawn Elementary's results are 9.0 points above predicted: 77.6% against 68.6%.
Dane County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $89,975 a year, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Dane County's 169 public schools enroll about 78,525 students and include Elm Lawn Elementary.
Sauk Trail Elementary is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Elm Lawn Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Elm Lawn Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased 16% over 4 years, reaching 313 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Elm Lawn Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District
- Middleton HighHigh · 2,303 students
- Kromrey MiddleMiddle · 1,230 students
- Glacier Creek MiddleMiddle · 924 students
- Pope Farm ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Sauk Trail ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- West Middleton ElementaryElementary · 334 students
Other schools in Middleton
- Middleton HighHigh · 2,303 students
- Kromrey MiddleMiddle · 1,230 students
- Pope Farm ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Sauk Trail ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- Sunset Ridge ElementaryElementary · 309 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 307 students
Nearby schools
- Sauk Trail Elementary0.8 mi · 360
- Middleton High0.9 mi · 2,303
- Clark Street Community School0.9 mi · 108
- Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 4K1.0 mi · 286
- Kromrey Middle1.1 mi · 1,230
- Crestwood Elementary1.3 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Elm Lawn ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Elm Lawn Elementary?
Elm Lawn Elementary enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Elm Lawn Elementary serve?
Elm Lawn Elementary serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elm Lawn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elm Lawn Elementary is approximately 11.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elm Lawn Elementary?
At Elm Lawn Elementary, the student body is approximately 72% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Elm Lawn Elementary?
Elm Lawn Elementary is overseen by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District in Dane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.