Enrollment
252
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEBOYGAN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551365001787
Jefferson Elementary
1515 Heller Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081 · (920) 459-3620 · Sheboygan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
226 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 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
77%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
26.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
33.6%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 32.8% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 (29.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 252 | 89.7% | 29.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary Wausau | 204 | 75.0% | 37.5% |
| Garland Elementary Milwaukee | 541 | 88.7% | 24.3% |
| Lake View Elementary Madison | 292 | 73.6% | 32.4% |
| Longfellow Elementary Sheboygan | 234 | 94.0% | 25.6% |
| Cooper Elementary Sheboygan | 256 | 71.9% | 37.3% |
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 Sheboygan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #846 of 982 | #22 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #796 of 992 ▲ 22 | #21 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #864 of 992 ▲ 33 | #23 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #773 of 1,157 | #19 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #23 of 901 | #2 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.3% | #10 of 901 | #2 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #62 of 1,064 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #81 of 664 | #1 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
252
-58 (-19%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 283
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 252 | 26.8 | 9.4:1 | 90% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 239 | 28.8 | 8.3:1 | 92% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 29.8 | 8.1:1 | 89% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 32 | 9.7:1 | 95% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 36.5 | 9.9:1 | 100% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 37 | 10.5:1 | 53% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 318 | 26 | 12.2:1 | 83% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 297 | 25 | 11.9:1 | 26% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 283 | 16 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (361 to 252); teachers down 26% (36.5 to 26.8).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a small elementary school with its address in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. A federal count lists 252 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323, so this school runs 22% smaller than that.
The 26 schools in Sheboygan Area School District enroll 9,285 students altogether, Jefferson Elementary among them.
Asian students are the largest group at Jefferson Elementary, with 33% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 12% multiracial. Sheboygan County's residents are about 6% Asian, 28 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Jefferson Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 77%.
Jefferson Elementary's 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 9.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 90%. The 45% average for public schools in Sheboygan County is 45 points lower.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Jefferson Elementary is 6.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 29.4%. Predicted: 22.6%.
Census estimates describe Sheboygan County this way: median household income is about $73,094, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Sheboygan County number 52 and enroll about 17,340.
The nearest other public school, Cooper Elementary, is about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Jefferson Elementary. By average proficiency, Jefferson Elementary is 7th among 7 schools close by.
Federal data place Jefferson Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 310 in 2020-21 and 252 in 2024-25, a 19% decrease.
Community posts for Jefferson Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 123rd largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryWest Allis, WI · 393 students
- Jefferson ElementaryManitowoc, WI · 344 students
- Jefferson ElementaryBeaver Dam, WI · 328 students
- Jefferson ElementaryJanesville, WI · 293 students
- Jefferson ElementaryStevens Point, WI · 276 students
Nearby schools
- Cooper Elementary0.7 mi · 256
- Grant Elementary0.8 mi · 337
- Urban Middle0.9 mi · 568
- North High1.1 mi · 1,482
- Central High1.1 mi · 183
- Etude Middle1.1 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 252 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary serve?
Jefferson Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary have?
Jefferson Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary?
At Jefferson Elementary, the student body is approximately 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 33% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary public or private?
Jefferson 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.