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Harmony Elementary

4243 E Rotamer Rd, Janesville, WI 53546 · (608) 868-9360 · Rock County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 275 · STATE 323
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
43 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K6824%
Kindergarten4616%
Grade 16021%
Grade 25017%
Grade 36422%
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
26592%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
135%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
52%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
13748%
Female
15152%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Harmony Elementary→Northside Intermediate→Milton Middle→Milton High
Based on grade levels within Milton School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
80.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
83.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +8.5pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 up about 9 points.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2580.7%83.9%
2023-2472.5%75.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Harmony Elementary

Harmony Elementary's state test result (78.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Harmony Elementary this school28814.9%78.1%
Lakeview Elementary
Wind Lake
29015.5%79.0%
Mount Horeb Primary Center
Mount Horeb
26913.8%N/A
Willow River Elementary
Hudson
27812.9%72.0%
Lakeview Elementary
Neenah
31714.8%80.4%
Suamico Elementary
Green Bay
26612.8%71.2%
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 Harmony Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Rock County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
78.1%#53 of 982#1 of 27
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
83.9%#30 of 992
▲ 94
#1 of 27
▲ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
80.7%#30 of 992
▲ 82
#1 of 27
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
288#655 of 1,157#24 of 31
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.8:1#840 of 901#28 of 28
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
15.1%#834 of 901#27 of 28
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
14.9%#954 of 1,064#29 of 29
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+8.7%#104 of 240#7 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 2024-25
Enrollment
288
-27 (-9%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 278
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2528816.217.8:115% (43)
2023-2429417.117.2:118% (53)
2022-2330818.816.4:118% (54)
2020-213151718.5:118% (56)
2017-1826516.915.7:112% (31)
2015-162431615.2:115% (37)
2010-112781617.4:119% (52)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students up 9% (265 to 288); teachers down 4% (16.9 to 16.2).

About Harmony Elementary

Harmony Elementary is an elementary school in Janesville, Wisconsin, according to federal school records. It enrolls 288 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 3.

Milton School District is responsible for 7 schools, Harmony Elementary included, with 3,461 students in all.

Roughly 92% of students at Harmony Elementary are White. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic. County-wide, 82% of Rock County residents are White. The diversity index for Harmony Elementary is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Based on 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Harmony Elementary has a ratio of 17.8:1. Compared with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 15%. It compares with 47% for public schools in Rock County.

Harmony Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.

A school with Harmony Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 68.5%. Harmony Elementary scores 78.1%, 9.7 points above that line.

For the population of Rock County, median household income comes to about $75,673, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rock County counts 65 public schools with about 25,542 students.

Kennedy Elementary, about 1.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Harmony Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.

Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 288, compared with 315 in 2020-21.

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Rock County at a glance

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Population
164,350
Census ACS
Median income
$75,673
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
25,542 students

Quick facts

School name
Harmony Elementary
District
Milton School District
Address
4243 E Rotamer Rd, Janesville, WI 53546
Phone
(608) 868-9360
County
Rock County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–03
Total enrollment
288
Teachers (FTE)
16
Student–teacher ratio
17.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
43 (15%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
550957002600
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Milton School District
Other schools in Janesville
Other Harmony Elementary schools

17 other US public schools in 11 states are named Harmony Elementary. Harmony Elementary is the 13th largest of the 18.

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Frequently asked questions

About Harmony Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Harmony Elementary?
Harmony Elementary enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Harmony Elementary serve?
Harmony Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many teachers does Harmony Elementary have?
Harmony Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Harmony Elementary?
Student demographics at Harmony Elementary are roughly 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Harmony Elementary in?
Harmony Elementary is part of Milton School District.
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