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How has Hales Corners Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITNALL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550600000658
Hales Corners Elementary
11320 W Janesville Rd, Hales Corners, WI 53130 · (414) 525-8800 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
13.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
158 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Based on grade levels within Whitnall School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
67.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.5% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 69.5% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Hales Corners Elementary
Hales Corners Elementary's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hales Corners Elementary this school | 520 | 30.4% | 68.0% |
| Prairie Lane Elementary Pleasant Prairie | 451 | 28.4% | 76.9% |
| Summit View Elementary Waukesha | 449 | 29.4% | 69.6% |
| Nash Elementary Kenosha | 576 | 31.1% | 63.8% |
| Garden Prairie Intermediate School Beloit | 491 | 34.0% | 56.2% |
| Waukesha STEM Academy Waukesha | 580 | 25.0% | 72.4% |
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 Hales Corners Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #230 of 982 | #17 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #243 of 992 ▲ 5 | #21 of 174 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #164 of 992 ▲ 176 | #22 of 174 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #127 of 1,157 | #31 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #452 of 901 | #33 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #292 of 901 | #72 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #729 of 1,064 | #146 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #497 of 664 | #101 of 133 |
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
520
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 520 | 39.3 | 13.2:1 | 30% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 34.3 | 14.8:1 | 35% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 38.9 | 13.2:1 | 37% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 31% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 42.3 | 13.4:1 | 22% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 32% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 27% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 9% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 33 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hales Corners Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (565 to 520); teachers down 7% (42.3 to 39.3).
About Hales Corners Elementary
Hales Corners Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. It educates 520 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 61% bigger than the 323 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Besides Hales Corners Elementary, Whitnall School District runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 2,364 students.
White students are the majority at Hales Corners Elementary, with 66% of enrollment. It is also 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. Milwaukee County's residents are about 51% White, 16 points below the school's share. Hales Corners Elementary's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 39.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.2:1. That is lower than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 30%. The 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 34 points higher.
Hales Corners Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.0% for Hales Corners Elementary. The school posts 68.0%, 9.0 points above the prediction.
Hales Corners Elementary is located in Milwaukee County, where the median household income is $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Hales Corners Elementary is one of 284 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Edgerton Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Hales Corners Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Hales Corners Elementary's average proficiency of 68.0% compares with 67.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Hales Corners Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 522 students in 2020-21 and 520 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.1:1 to 13.2:1.
Discussions about Hales Corners Elementary may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitnall School District
- Whitnall HighHigh · 821 students
- Whitnall MiddleMiddle · 558 students
- Edgerton ElementaryElementary · 378 students
- CORE4Elementary · 87 students
Nearby schools
- Edgerton Elementary0.9 mi · 378
- CORE40.9 mi · 87
- Whitnall Middle1.0 mi · 558
- Whitnall High1.1 mi · 821
- Elmwood Elementary1.7 mi · 567
- Country Dale Elementary2.0 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Hales Corners ElementaryHow large is Hales Corners Elementary?
Hales Corners Elementary enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hales Corners Elementary serve?
Hales Corners Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hales Corners Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hales Corners Elementary is approximately 13.2:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hales Corners Elementary?
At Hales Corners Elementary, the student body is approximately 66% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Hales Corners Elementary in?
Hales Corners Elementary is part of Whitnall School District.
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