Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENOSHA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550732000814
Jeffery Elementary
4011 87th St, Kenosha, WI 53142 · (262) 359-2100 · Kenosha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+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
13.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
156 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
62.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -9.7pp since 2023
Math
57.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -13.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 71.5% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 18 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 Jeffery Elementary
Jeffery Elementary's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffery Elementary this school | 338 | 46.2% | 67.3% |
| Blakewood Elementary South Milwaukee | 314 | 47.8% | 54.8% |
| Thoreau Elementary Madison | 403 | 43.4% | 60.0% |
| Mitchell Elementary West Allis | 267 | 44.2% | 55.3% |
| Walworth Elementary Walworth | 409 | 47.7% | 48.3% |
| Waterloo Elementary Waterloo | 281 | 43.8% | 46.1% |
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 Jeffery Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Kenosha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #248 of 982 | #4 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #434 of 992 ▼ 228 | #13 of 34 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #289 of 992 ▼ 175 | #7 of 34 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #491 of 1,157 | #21 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #460 of 901 | #15 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #207 of 901 | #21 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #480 of 1,064 | #20 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #150 of 240 | #9 of 13 |
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
338
+78 (+30%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 338 | 25.5 | 13.3:1 | 46% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 20 | 14.0:1 | 37% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 42% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 47% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 20.5 | 15.8:1 | 37% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 17 | 20.0:1 | 35% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 29% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 21 | 18.2:1 | 27% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jeffery Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (323 to 338); teachers up 24% (20.5 to 25.5).
About Jeffery Elementary
Jeffery Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It enrolls 338 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Kenosha School District oversees Jeffery Elementary and 40 other schools, with 20,297 students in total.
At Jeffery Elementary, 55% of students are White. After that, the student body is 29% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Kenosha County is about 75% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
With 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.3:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Jeffery Elementary, 46% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kenosha County average a similar 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jeffery Elementary lands at A, ahead of 87% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Jeffery Elementary beats its 49.3% prediction with 67.3%, a top-10% result in Wisconsin.
American Community Survey estimates for Kenosha County show that the median household earns about $81,239 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Kenosha County has 56 public schools with about 27,114 students, including Jeffery Elementary.
About 0.8 miles separate Jeffery Elementary from the closest public school, Tremper High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Jeffery Elementary ranks 1st of 9 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.
From 260 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 338 by 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Kenosha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
168,438
Census ACS
Median income
$81,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
27,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenosha School District
- Indian Trail High School and AcademyHigh · 1,902 students
- Bradford HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Tremper HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Mahone MiddleMiddle · 1,025 students
- Lakeview K-8 AcademyElementary · 988 students
- Lance MiddleMiddle · 899 students
Other schools in Kenosha
- Indian Trail High School and AcademyHigh · 1,902 students
- Bradford HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Tremper HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Mahone MiddleMiddle · 1,025 students
- Lakeview K-8 AcademyElementary · 988 students
- Lance MiddleMiddle · 899 students
Nearby schools
- Tremper High0.8 mi · 1,417
- Whittier Elementary0.8 mi · 459
- Lance Middle0.8 mi · 899
- Vernon Elementary1.0 mi · 249
- Brompton School1.0 mi · 218
- Ruth Harman Academy1.0 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Jeffery ElementaryHow many students attend Jeffery Elementary?
Jeffery Elementary enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Jeffery Elementary serve?
Jeffery Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Jeffery Elementary have?
Jeffery Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Jeffery Elementary?
Student demographics at Jeffery Elementary are roughly 55% White, 29% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Jeffery Elementary in?
Jeffery Elementary is part of Kenosha School District.
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