Grewenow Elementary

Grewenow Elementary is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Kenosha, Wisconsin, run under Kenosha School District, teacheing 310 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Kenosha School District, which oversees 41 schools and 20,297 students, Grewenow Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Grewenow Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kenosha County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grewenow Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.7%; this one delivers 44.7%.

In the area at large, Kenosha County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,239, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Grewenow Elementary is one of 56 public schools in Kenosha County (combined enrollment of about 27,114 students).

Lincoln Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grewenow Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grewenow Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.4%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Grewenow Elementary's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 364 (now 310). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.