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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DE PERE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550321001254

Heritage Elementary

1250 Swan Rd, De Pere, WI 54115 · (920) 337-1035 · Brown County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 323
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
84 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K7713%
Kindergarten7412%
Grade 110417%
Grade 211218%
Grade 310818%
Grade 413322%

This year's kindergarten class (74) is 44% smaller than its 4th grade class (133).

Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
52887%
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
315%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
61%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Asian
41%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
376%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
32553%
Female
28347%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Heritage Elementary→Foxview Intermediate→De Pere Middle→De Pere High
Based on grade levels within De Pere 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
76.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
76.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.2pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2576.5%76.5%
2023-2473.9%78.7%
% 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
76.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
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 Heritage Elementary

Heritage Elementary's state test result (76.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Heritage Elementary this school60813.8%76.2%
Meadow View Elementary
Oconomowoc
54813.0%77.7%
Mount Horeb Intermediate
Mount Horeb
50814.4%68.6%
Luxemburg-Casco Intermediate
Luxemburg
55217.0%77.1%
Greenville Elementary
Greenville
60515.4%64.1%
Summit Elementary
Oconomowoc
50411.5%81.5%
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 Heritage Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Brown County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
76.2%#80 of 982#3 of 44
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
76.5%#103 of 992
▼ 11
#6 of 44
▼ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
76.5%#61 of 992
▲ 28
#3 of 44
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
608#56 of 1,157#7 of 51
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.7:1#747 of 901#39 of 45
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
24.0%#683 of 901#41 of 45
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
13.8%#969 of 1,064#46 of 50
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+4.5%#153 of 240#11 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
608
-107 (-15%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2560838.815.7:114% (84)
2023-246393916.4:113% (85)
2022-2364641.215.7:112% (77)
2020-217154416.3:114% (102)
2017-1858236.515.9:113% (76)
2015-165333316.1:118% (96)
2010-114522915.6:16% (27)
2000-016893917.7:19% (61)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students up 4% (582 to 608); teachers up 6% (36.5 to 38.8).

About Heritage Elementary

Heritage Elementary is a large elementary school for students in De Pere, Wisconsin. There are 608 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 4. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 88% above that mark.

De Pere School District operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,485 students.

White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 24%.

Heritage Elementary reports a ratio of 15.7 students per teacher, from 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. Lunch program data show 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 39% average for public schools in Brown County is 25 points.

On BeatsExpectations, Heritage Elementary is 7.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools.

In Brown County, home to about 270,892 people, the median household earns about $79,649 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Heritage Elementary shares Brown County with 85 other public schools.

Heritage Elementary's nearest public school is De Pere Middle (about 0.6 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Heritage Elementary. On state test proficiency, Heritage Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.

Enrollment figures show a drop of 107 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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Brown County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Heritage Elementary
District
De Pere School District
Address
1250 Swan Rd, De Pere, WI 54115
Phone
(920) 337-1035
County
Brown County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
608
Teachers (FTE)
39
Student–teacher ratio
15.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
84 (14%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
550321001254
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in De Pere School District
Other schools in De Pere
Other Heritage Elementary schools

47 other US public schools in 24 states are named Heritage Elementary. Heritage Elementary is the 11th largest of the 48.

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Frequently asked questions

About Heritage Elementary
How many students attend Heritage Elementary?
Heritage Elementary enrolls approximately 608 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Heritage Elementary serve?
Heritage Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Heritage Elementary?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Heritage Elementary.
How diverse is Heritage Elementary?
Heritage Elementary reports a student body of 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Heritage Elementary public or private?
Heritage Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by De Pere School District.
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