Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAVER DAM UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550096000125
Jefferson Elementary
301 Brook St, Beaver Dam, WI 53916 · (920) 885-7392 · Dodge County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 35.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
201 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Based on grade levels within Beaver Dam Unified School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
54.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 53.7% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 328 | 61.3% | 52.6% |
| Rawson Elementary South Milwaukee | 371 | 61.5% | 39.1% |
| Colby Elementary Colby | 354 | 55.9% | 40.9% |
| Tri-County Elementary Plainfield | 265 | 64.5% | 40.5% |
| Harvey Elementary Kenosha | 322 | 55.0% | 51.1% |
| Lakeview Elementary South Milwaukee | 274 | 59.1% | 44.6% |
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 Jefferson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dodge County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #579 of 982 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #498 of 992 ▲ 67 | #11 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #524 of 992 ▲ 11 | #9 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #528 of 1,157 | #4 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #85 of 901 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #261 of 901 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #263 of 1,064 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.1% | #78 of 240 | N/A |
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
328
+53 (+19%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 328 | 31.3 | 10.5:1 | 61% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 29.5 | 11.1:1 | 63% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 27.7 | 12.0:1 | 62% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 27 | 10.2:1 | 63% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 290 | 20.6 | 14.1:1 | 56% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 66% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 27 | 12.6:1 | 64% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 24 | 13.6:1 | 17% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 19 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (290 to 328); teachers up 52% (20.6 to 31.3).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. It serves 328 students in pre-K through 5.
Jefferson Elementary is run by Beaver Dam Unified School District, whose 8 schools enroll 2,988 students.
By race and ethnicity, Jefferson Elementary is 57% White. It is also 34% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Dodge County is roughly 88% White. By the diversity index, Jefferson Elementary comes in at 55%.
Jefferson Elementary's 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, higher than at this school. Jefferson Elementary reports 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dodge County is 41%.
In Wisconsin, Jefferson Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 52.6% actual against a predicted 40.0%.
In the county around the school, Dodge County, median household income is about $75,929, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson Elementary is among the 39 public schools in Dodge County.
Beaver Dam Middle is the public school closest to Jefferson Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Jefferson Elementary has 7 other public schools within five miles. Jefferson Elementary's average proficiency of 52.6% compares with 55.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns Jefferson Elementary the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 19%, from 275 to 328.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Dodge County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
88,742
Census ACS
Median income
$75,929
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
10,450 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Beaver Dam Unified School District
- Beaver Dam HighHigh · 1,031 students
- Beaver Dam MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- Prairie View ElementaryElementary · 337 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 260 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 201 students
- BDUSD4KidsElementary · 157 students
Other schools in Beaver Dam
- Beaver Dam HighHigh · 1,031 students
- Beaver Dam MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- Prairie View ElementaryElementary · 337 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 260 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 201 students
- BDUSD4KidsElementary · 157 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 93rd largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryWest Allis, WI · 393 students
- Jefferson ElementaryManitowoc, WI · 344 students
- Jefferson ElementaryJanesville, WI · 293 students
- Jefferson ElementaryStevens Point, WI · 276 students
- Jefferson ElementaryOshkosh, WI · 260 students
Nearby schools
- Beaver Dam Middle0.9 mi · 633
- Wilson Elementary0.9 mi · 41
- Lincoln Elementary1.1 mi · 201
- Beaver Dam High1.2 mi · 1,031
- BDUSD4Kids1.4 mi · 157
- Washington Elementary1.5 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 328 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Jefferson Elementary serve?
Jefferson Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary is approximately 10.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary are roughly 57% White, 34% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary in?
Jefferson Elementary is part of Beaver Dam Unified School District.
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