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Enrollment
822
Elementary
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST DE PERE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551632002726
Hemlock Creek Elementary
1900 Williams Grant Dr, De Pere, WI 54115 · (920) 425-1900 · Brown County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL822 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
113 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 66 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 155 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 152 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 161 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 153 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (155) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (153).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Hemlock Creek Elementary→West De Pere Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within West De Pere School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
78.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 78.1% |
| 2023-24 | 74.4% | 70.8% |
% 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
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Hemlock Creek Elementary
Hemlock Creek Elementary's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemlock Creek Elementary this school | 822 | 13.7% | 75.9% |
| Pewaukee Lake Elementary Pewaukee | 748 | 11.6% | N/A |
| Horizon School Pewaukee | 647 | 11.3% | 73.5% |
| Dixon Elementary Brookfield | 658 | 11.4% | 74.2% |
| Ronald Reagan Elementary New Berlin | 669 | 9.6% | 81.0% |
| Wilson Elementary Mequon | 558 | 10.4% | 76.6% |
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 Hemlock Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #84 of 982 | #4 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #84 of 992 ▲ 132 | #5 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #101 of 992 ▼ 14 | #6 of 44 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 822 | #15 of 1,157 | #2 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #752 of 901 | #40 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #470 of 901 | #32 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.7% | #974 of 1,064 | #47 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #413 of 664 | #21 of 29 |
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
822
-129 (-14%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 736
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 822 | 52.2 | 15.8:1 | 14% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 50.7 | 16.3:1 | 13% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 825 | 52.7 | 15.7:1 | 12% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 951 | 56 | 17.0:1 | 16% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 928 | 53.8 | 17.2:1 | 11% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 909 | 51 | 17.8:1 | 14% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 21% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hemlock Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (928 to 822); teachers down 3% (53.8 to 52.2).
About Hemlock Creek Elementary
De Pere, Wisconsin, is home to Hemlock Creek Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. It enrolled 822 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students each.
West De Pere School District enrolls 3,624 students in 6 schools, including Hemlock Creek Elementary.
A majority of students at Hemlock Creek Elementary, 78%, are White. Next come 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. County-wide, about 79% of residents are White. Hemlock Creek Elementary has a diversity index of 37%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 15.8 students per teacher and 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 14%. That rate is below the 39% average among public schools in Brown County.
The allk12 Grade for Hemlock Creek Elementary is A-. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hemlock Creek Elementary is 6.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (75.9% versus 69.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Among Brown County residents, median household income is about $79,649, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 86 public schools in Brown County, with a combined enrollment of about 42,385.
The school nearest to Hemlock Creek Elementary is West De Pere Middle, at a distance of about 2.7 miles. Within five miles of Hemlock Creek Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Hemlock Creek Elementary places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Hemlock Creek Elementary the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The number of students declined from 951 to 822 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.8:1, from 17.0:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hemlock Creek Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
270,892
Census ACS
Median income
$79,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West De Pere School District
- West De Pere HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Westwood ElementaryElementary · 623 students
- West De Pere Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- West De Pere MiddleMiddle · 546 students
- Phantom Knight School of OpportunityHigh · 22 students
Other schools in De Pere
- De Pere HighHigh · 1,466 students
- West De Pere HighHigh · 1,050 students
- De Pere MiddleMiddle · 690 students
- Foxview IntermediateMiddle · 673 students
- Westwood ElementaryElementary · 623 students
- Heritage ElementaryElementary · 608 students
Nearby schools
- West De Pere Middle2.7 mi · 546
- Westwood Elementary2.7 mi · 623
- West De Pere Intermediate School2.8 mi · 561
- West De Pere High3.4 mi · 1,050
- Phantom Knight School of Opportunity3.9 mi · 22
- Susie C Altmayer Elementary4.1 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About Hemlock Creek ElementaryHow large is Hemlock Creek Elementary?
Hemlock Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 822 students in grades PK-04.
Is Hemlock Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hemlock Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Hemlock Creek Elementary have?
Hemlock Creek Elementary employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Hemlock Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Hemlock Creek Elementary are roughly 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Hemlock Creek Elementary public or private?
Hemlock Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by West De Pere School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.