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If you had an hour of school board time for Jackson Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
485
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKHORN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550429002529
Jackson Elementary
13 N Jackson St, Elkhorn, WI 53121 · (262) 723-1200 · Walworth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
- ABeats 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
16.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
187 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 76 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.8% | 70.4% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Jackson Elementary
Jackson Elementary's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Elementary this school | 485 | 38.6% | 70.8% |
| Dyer Elementary Burlington | 395 | 39.2% | 63.5% |
| Central - Denison Elementary Lake Geneva | 522 | 39.8% | 74.5% |
| O Brown Elementary Racine | 540 | 38.7% | 39.5% |
| Garden Prairie Intermediate School Beloit | 491 | 34.0% | 56.2% |
| Bay View Montessori School Milwaukee | 449 | 36.5% | 58.1% |
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 Jackson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Walworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #176 of 982 | #5 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #203 of 992 ▲ 25 | #6 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #195 of 992 ▼ 90 | #6 of 20 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #177 of 1,157 | #2 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #778 of 901 | #17 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #418 of 901 | #11 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #601 of 1,064 | #10 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #336 of 664 | #12 of 17 |
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
485
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 485 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 39% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 41% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 44% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 47% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 31.7 | 17.9:1 | 45% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 46% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 43% (231) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (567 to 485); teachers down 5% (31.7 to 30).
About Jackson Elementary
Jackson Elementary is an elementary school located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in Walworth County. The school serves 485 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Wisconsin is roughly 323 students; this school is 50% larger than that.
Jackson Elementary is part of Elkhorn Area School District, where 7 schools serve 3,515 students.
Jackson Elementary is 72% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 24% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Walworth County's population at about 85%. Jackson Elementary's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 30 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.2:1. That is higher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Eligible students account for 39% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Walworth County average 37%.
allk12 grades Jackson Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Jackson Elementary is 16.8 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Wisconsin.
In the county around the school, Walworth County, the median household income is $80,520, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 46 public schools in Walworth County, enrolling about 14,383 students in all.
The nearest public school is Elkhorn Area High, at about 0.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. Jackson Elementary comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Jackson Elementary climbed 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 473 to 485 students. The ratio was 13.9:1 in 2020-21 and 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Jackson Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Walworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,657
Census ACS
Median income
$80,520
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
14,383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkhorn Area School District
- Elkhorn Area HighHigh · 953 students
- Elkhorn Area MiddleMiddle · 659 students
- Tibbets ElementaryElementary · 431 students
- West Side ElementaryElementary · 406 students
- Elkhorn Options Virtual SchoolCombined · 335 students
- Career and College AcademyHigh · 246 students
Other schools in Elkhorn
- Elkhorn Area HighHigh · 953 students
- Elkhorn Area MiddleMiddle · 659 students
- Tibbets ElementaryElementary · 431 students
- West Side ElementaryElementary · 406 students
- Elkhorn Options Virtual SchoolCombined · 335 students
- Career and College AcademyHigh · 246 students
Other Jackson Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 20 states are named Jackson Elementary. Jackson Elementary is the 12th largest of the 42.
- Jackson ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 382 students
- Jackson ElementaryJanesville, WI · 339 students
- Jackson ElementaryManitowoc, WI · 336 students
- Jackson ElementaryJackson, WI · 306 students
- Jackson ElementarySheboygan, WI · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Elkhorn Area High0.4 mi · 953
- Elkhorn Area Middle0.7 mi · 659
- West Side Elementary0.8 mi · 406
- Career and College Academy0.9 mi · 246
- Elkhorn Options Virtual School0.9 mi · 335
- Tibbets Elementary4.7 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson ElementaryHow large is Jackson Elementary?
Jackson Elementary enrolls approximately 485 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jackson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jackson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Jackson Elementary have?
Jackson Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is Jackson Elementary?
Jackson Elementary reports a student body of 72% White, 24% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Jackson Elementary?
Jackson Elementary is overseen by Elkhorn Area School District in Walworth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.