Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENOSHA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550732000807
Frank Elementary
1816 57th St, Kenosha, WI 53140 · (262) 359-6324 · Kenosha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest 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
11.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
390 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 52 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
23.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
34.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 40.3% |
% 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
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Frank Elementary
Frank Elementary's state test result (29.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Elementary this school | 457 | 85.3% | 29.2% |
| Brass Community School Kenosha | 462 | 87.9% | 16.4% |
| Wadewitz Elementary Racine | 517 | 77.6% | 23.4% |
| Julian Thomas Elementary Racine | 574 | 81.7% | 15.6% |
| Strange Elementary Kenosha | 522 | 82.0% | 31.0% |
| Fratt Elementary Racine | 435 | 80.5% | 18.8% |
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 Frank Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Kenosha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #847 of 982 | #27 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #793 of 992 ▼ 47 | #26 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #877 of 992 ▼ 20 | #29 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #219 of 1,157 | #13 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #177 of 901 | #3 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #158 of 901 | #14 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #88 of 1,064 | #2 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.5% | #41 of 240 | #3 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
457
+144 (+46%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 359
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 457 | 40.1 | 11.4:1 | 85% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 33 | 11.2:1 | 85% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 28.4 | 11.5:1 | 92% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 95% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 26.7 | 13.8:1 | 86% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 430 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 93% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 91% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 27% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 21 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (367 to 457); teachers up 50% (26.7 to 40.1).
About Frank Elementary
Frank Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Wisconsin, located in Kenosha. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 457 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Kenosha School District, which runs Frank Elementary, has 41 schools and 20,297 students.
No group is above 50% at Frank Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 47%. After that, the student body is 33% Black, 11% White, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Kenosha County, the Hispanic share is about 15%. The diversity index for Frank Elementary is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Frank Elementary reported 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 11.4:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. Roughly 85% of students at Frank Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Kenosha County average 48%.
Frank Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Frank Elementary would be expected to post about 25.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.2%.
Census data for Kenosha County show median household income comes to about $81,239, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 56 public schools in the county, enrolling about 27,114, Frank Elementary among them.
Harborside Academy is the nearest public school to Frank Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Frank Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Frank Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Frank Elementary enrolled 313 in 2020-21 and 457 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.4:1, from 13.0:1.
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Kenosha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
168,438
Census ACS
Median income
$81,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
27,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenosha School District
- Indian Trail High School and AcademyHigh · 1,902 students
- Bradford HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Tremper HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Mahone MiddleMiddle · 1,025 students
- Lakeview K-8 AcademyElementary · 988 students
- Lance MiddleMiddle · 899 students
Other schools in Kenosha
- Indian Trail High School and AcademyHigh · 1,902 students
- Bradford HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Tremper HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Mahone MiddleMiddle · 1,025 students
- Lakeview K-8 AcademyElementary · 988 students
- Lance MiddleMiddle · 899 students
Other Frank Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Frank Elementary. Frank Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Frank Elementary SchoolKLEIN, TX · 692 students
- Frank Elementary SchoolGUADALUPE, AZ · 537 students
- Frank Elementary SchoolPerrysburg, OH · 460 students
Nearby schools
- Harborside Academy0.4 mi · 572
- Reuther Central High0.4 mi · 358
- Brass Community School0.5 mi · 462
- Kenosha 4 Year Old Kindergarten0.7 mi · 56
- Chavez Learning Station0.7 mi · 149
- Lincoln Middle0.7 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Frank ElementaryHow many students attend Frank Elementary?
Frank Elementary enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Frank Elementary serve?
Frank Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Frank Elementary have?
Frank Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
How diverse is Frank Elementary?
Frank Elementary reports a student body of 11% White, 47% Hispanic, 33% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Frank Elementary?
Frank Elementary is overseen by Kenosha School District in Kenosha County.
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