Janssen Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Combined Locks, Wisconsin, Janssen Elementary educates 339 students from grades K through 4, overseen by Kimberly Area School District.

Within Kimberly Area School District, which oversees 9 schools and 5,070 students, Janssen Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Janssen Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest breaks down as 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. Compared to Outagamie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Outagamie County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Janssen Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.3%; this one delivers 68.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Outagamie County shows median household income runs about $85,069, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Janssen Elementary is one of 73 public schools in Outagamie County (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students).

The closest other public school is Kimberly High, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Janssen Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 66.9%.

Janssen Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 413 students in 2018 compared to 339 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 90% to 85% over that span.

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