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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Elmwood Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW BERLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551047000224
Elmwood Elementary
5900 S Sunnyslope Rd, New Berlin, WI 53151 · (262) 789-6581 · Waukesha County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% 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.
- C+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
16.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
55 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
69.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 | 69.5% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 78.9% |
% 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
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Elmwood Elementary
Elmwood Elementary's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood Elementary this school | 567 | 9.7% | 73.5% |
| Dixon Elementary Brookfield | 658 | 11.4% | 74.2% |
| Brookfield Elementary Brookfield | 641 | 4.4% | 84.2% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center Menomonee Falls | 526 | 13.1% | N/A |
| Horizon School Pewaukee | 647 | 11.3% | 73.5% |
| 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 Elmwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #127 of 982 | #34 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #74 of 992 ▲ 15 | #21 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #147 of 992 ▼ 12 | #39 of 56 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #84 of 1,157 | #10 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #812 of 901 | #58 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #434 of 901 | #28 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.7% | #1,017 of 1,064 | #50 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #232 of 240 | #28 of 28 |
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
567
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+24% since 2000-01, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 567 | 33.7 | 16.8:1 | 10% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 32.4 | 17.1:1 | 10% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 32.9 | 17.4:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 33.6 | 16.8:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 4% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elmwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (565 to 567); teachers unchanged (33.6 to 33.7).
About Elmwood Elementary
Elmwood Elementary, located in New Berlin, Wisconsin, is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its 567 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323 students.
Elmwood Elementary is one of the 6 schools that make up New Berlin School District (4,334 students in total).
White students make up a majority at Elmwood Elementary, at 76%. Smaller groups are 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Waukesha County is roughly 87% White. Elmwood Elementary's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.8:1, with 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.1 students per teacher above the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 10%.
allk12 grades Elmwood Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Elmwood Elementary are 1.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (73.5% actual, 71.7% predicted).
In the county around the school, Waukesha County, the median household income is $106,076, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Waukesha County is home to 113 public schools and about 60,032 public school students.
The nearest public school is Hales Corners Elementary, at about 1.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Elmwood Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Elmwood Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 564 students in 2020-21 and 567 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Berlin School District
- Eisenhower Middle/HighHigh · 1,095 students
- New Berlin West Middle/HighHigh · 1,036 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryElementary · 669 students
- Poplar Creek ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Orchard Lane ElementaryElementary · 453 students
Other schools in New Berlin
- Eisenhower Middle/HighHigh · 1,095 students
- New Berlin West Middle/HighHigh · 1,036 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryElementary · 669 students
- Poplar Creek ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Orchard Lane ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Hoover ElementaryElementary · 335 students
Other Elmwood Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Elmwood Elementary. Elmwood Elementary is the 4th largest of the 14.
- Elmwood ElementaryElmwood, WI · 130 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 726 students
- Elmwood ElementaryStockton, CA · 656 students
- ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMONSEY, NY · 598 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElmwood Park, IL · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Hales Corners Elementary1.7 mi · 520
- CORE41.8 mi · 87
- Edgerton Elementary1.8 mi · 378
- Whitnall Middle1.9 mi · 558
- Eisenhower Middle/High2.0 mi · 1,095
- Whitnall High2.1 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About Elmwood ElementaryHow many students attend Elmwood Elementary?
Elmwood Elementary enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Elmwood Elementary serve?
Elmwood Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Elmwood Elementary have?
Elmwood Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Elmwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Elmwood Elementary are roughly 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Elmwood Elementary in?
Elmwood Elementary is part of New Berlin School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.