Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEBOYGAN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551365001792
James Madison Elementary
2302 David Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081 · (920) 459-3585 · Sheboygan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
244 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
41.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.4% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 50.3% |
% 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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% 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 James Madison Elementary
James Madison Elementary's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison Elementary this school | 327 | 74.6% | 48.6% |
| Cooper Elementary Sheboygan | 256 | 71.9% | 37.3% |
| Kennedy Elementary Green Bay | 402 | 70.6% | 31.6% |
| Ronald C Dunlap Elementary School Appleton | 314 | 65.6% | 43.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary Manitowoc | 344 | 73.0% | 26.3% |
| Northside Elementary La Crosse | 237 | 84.8% | 27.1% |
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 James Madison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Sheboygan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #640 of 982 | #15 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #538 of 992 ▲ 86 | #14 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #713 of 992 ▲ 38 | #17 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #535 of 1,157 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #161 of 901 | #5 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #38 of 901 | #3 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #150 of 1,064 | #5 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #388 of 664 | #11 of 16 |
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
327
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 327 | 29 | 11.3:1 | 75% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 28.5 | 11.9:1 | 57% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 32 | 11.2:1 | 57% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 32 | 10.9:1 | 57% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 33.4 | 11.2:1 | 51% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 33 | 10.7:1 | 52% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 26 | 12.5:1 | 53% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 26% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 31 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Madison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (374 to 327); teachers down 13% (33.4 to 29).
About James Madison Elementary
James Madison Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Sheboygan Area School District, located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 327 students.
Sheboygan Area School District is the local district for James Madison Elementary. It runs 26 schools with 9,285 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at James Madison Elementary is White (40%). Other groups make up 24% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 4% Black. Sheboygan County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at James Madison Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.3:1, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at James Madison Elementary is 75%. It compares with 45% for public schools in Sheboygan County.
allk12 grades James Madison Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 48.6%, is 16.7 points above the 31.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools.
Sheboygan County census figures show that median household income is about $73,094, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. James Madison Elementary is among the 52 public schools in Sheboygan County.
The shortest distance from James Madison Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Horace Mann Middle. The five-mile area around James Madison Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. James Madison Elementary comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
James Madison Elementary saw enrollment fall 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for James Madison Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Sheboygan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,991
Census ACS
Median income
$73,094
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
17,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheboygan Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other schools in Sheboygan
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other James Madison Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named James Madison Elementary. James Madison Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- James Madison ElementaryMadera, CA · 739 students
- James Madison ElementaryIndio, CA · 403 students
Nearby schools
- Horace Mann Middle0.5 mi · 617
- Sheridan Elementary0.8 mi · 286
- Farnsworth Middle1.0 mi · 443
- Longfellow Elementary1.1 mi · 234
- Wilson Elementary1.2 mi · 472
- George D Warriner Middle1.2 mi · 43
Frequently asked questions
About James Madison ElementaryHow many students attend James Madison Elementary?
James Madison Elementary enrolls approximately 327 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does James Madison Elementary serve?
James Madison Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does James Madison Elementary have?
James Madison Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is James Madison Elementary?
James Madison Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 24% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is James Madison Elementary public or private?
James Madison Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sheboygan Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.