Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERFORD GRADED J1 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551566002454
Evergreen Elementary
817 W Main St, Waterford, WI 53185 · (262) 514-8210 · Racine County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest 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
13.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
34 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 42 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Evergreen Elementary→Fox River Middle
Based on grade levels within Waterford Graded J1 School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
61.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.9% | 64.1% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Evergreen Elementary
Evergreen Elementary's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Elementary this school | 310 | 11.0% | 62.4% |
| Cushing Elementary Delafield | 281 | 10.0% | 73.8% |
| Bryant Elementary Superior | 283 | 11.3% | 61.6% |
| Willow River Elementary Hudson | 278 | 12.9% | 72.0% |
| Dousman Elementary Dousman | 311 | 14.1% | 62.8% |
| Mount Horeb Primary Center Mount Horeb | 269 | 13.8% | 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 Evergreen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #352 of 982 | #12 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #360 of 992 ▼ 12 | #12 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #507 of 992 ▼ 45 | #15 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #592 of 1,157 | #25 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #519 of 901 | #12 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #799 of 901 | #29 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #1,004 of 1,064 | #33 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #91 of 664 | #4 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
310
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-44% since 2000-01, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 310 | 22.8 | 13.6:1 | 11% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 22.6 | 13.7:1 | 10% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 23.2 | 13.5:1 | 11% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 25 | 12.3:1 | 18% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 32.3 | 13.5:1 | 12% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 10% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 7% (38) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evergreen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (436 to 310); teachers down 29% (32.3 to 22.8).
About Evergreen Elementary
Families in Waterford, Wisconsin, are served by Evergreen Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. There are 310 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Within Waterford Graded J1 School District, Evergreen Elementary is one of 4 schools. The district enrolls 1,473 students.
Evergreen Elementary is 91% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Racine County's population at about 72%. The diversity index for Evergreen Elementary is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.6:1. Compared with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 11% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Racine County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
Evergreen Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The model predicts 70.9% for a school in Wisconsin with Evergreen Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Evergreen Elementary posts 62.4%.
Census data for Racine County show the median household earns about $78,096 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Evergreen Elementary, Racine County has 54 public schools.
Fox River Middle is the nearest public school to Evergreen Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Evergreen Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Evergreen Elementary falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment went from 307 in 2020-21 to 310 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students. The ratio was 12.3:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Racine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,532
Census ACS
Median income
$78,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
25,901 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waterford Graded J1 School District
- Fox River MiddleMiddle · 510 students
- Trailside ElementaryElementary · 331 students
- Woodfield ElementaryElementary · 322 students
Other schools in Waterford
- Waterford HighHigh · 889 students
- Fox River MiddleMiddle · 510 students
- Trailside ElementaryElementary · 331 students
- Woodfield ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 192 students
Other Evergreen Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 13 states are named Evergreen Elementary. Evergreen Elementary is the 27th largest of the 30.
- Evergreen ElementaryRothschild, WI · 450 students
- Evergreen ElementaryHolmen, WI · 317 students
- Evergreen ElementaryMidlothian, VA · 797 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolCalifornia, MD · 715 students
- Evergreen ElementaryDiamond Bar, CA · 709 students
Nearby schools
- Fox River Middle0.2 mi · 510
- Waterford High0.3 mi · 889
- Woodfield Elementary0.4 mi · 322
- Trailside Elementary1.2 mi · 331
- Lakeview Elementary5.0 mi · 290
- Washington Elementary5.4 mi · 192
Frequently asked questions
About Evergreen ElementaryHow many students attend Evergreen Elementary?
Evergreen Elementary enrolls approximately 310 students in grades PK-05.
Is Evergreen Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Evergreen Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Evergreen Elementary?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Evergreen Elementary.
How diverse is Evergreen Elementary?
Evergreen Elementary reports a student body of 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Evergreen Elementary public or private?
Evergreen Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Waterford Graded J1 School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.