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What advice would you give to incoming students at Kennedy Elementary?
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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAFTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550561002247
Kennedy Elementary
1629 11th Ave, Grafton, WI 53024 · (262) 376-5650 · Ozaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
16.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
73 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 56 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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 Grafton School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
77.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.9% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 82.1% | 85.6% |
% 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
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Kennedy Elementary
Kennedy Elementary's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Elementary this school | 507 | 14.4% | 77.9% |
| Oriole Lane Elementary Mequon | 499 | 15.0% | 76.7% |
| Token Springs Elementary Sun Prairie | 472 | 12.7% | 63.0% |
| Woodside Elementary Sussex | 456 | 10.5% | 74.7% |
| Windsor Elementary Windsor | 526 | 14.1% | 67.2% |
| Waubesa Intermediate McFarland | 489 | 17.6% | 70.7% |
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 Kennedy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Ozaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #55 of 982 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #73 of 992 ▼ 51 | #7 of 13 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #50 of 992 ▼ 27 | #6 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #140 of 1,157 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #792 of 901 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.5% | #546 of 901 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.4% | #963 of 1,064 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +85.7% | #6 of 240 | #1 of 8 |
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
507
+61 (+14%) vs 2020
+93% since 1990-91, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 507 | 31.1 | 16.3:1 | 14% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 30.3 | 17.1:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 29.9 | 16.2:1 | 17% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 17% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 18.6 | 14.7:1 | 21% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 264 | 15 | 17.6:1 | 27% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 266 | 19 | 14.0:1 | 29% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 15 | 17.4:1 | 3% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 263 | 18 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kennedy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 86% (273 to 507); teachers up 67% (18.6 to 31.1).
About Kennedy Elementary
Kennedy Elementary is a public elementary school in Grafton, Wisconsin. The school had 507 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323, so this school runs 57% bigger than that.
Grafton School District enrolls 2,192 students, and its 4 schools include Kennedy Elementary.
White students make up 82% of enrollment at Kennedy Elementary. The remaining shares are 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.3 students per teacher. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 14% of students. That tracks the 16% average for public schools in Ozaukee County.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Kennedy Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Kennedy Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 68.8%. Kennedy Elementary scores 77.9%, 9.1 points above that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Ozaukee County show that the median household income is $96,996, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Kennedy Elementary is one of 26 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Grafton High, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 78.0%; Kennedy Elementary's is 77.9%, ranking 5th of 8.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 507 students in 2024-25, 61 more than the 446 it had in 2020-21.
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Ozaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,966
Census ACS
Median income
$96,996
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,422 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grafton School District
- Grafton HighHigh · 727 students
- Woodview ElementaryElementary · 506 students
- John Long MiddleMiddle · 452 students
Other schools in Grafton
- Grafton HighHigh · 727 students
- Woodview ElementaryElementary · 506 students
- John Long MiddleMiddle · 452 students
Other Kennedy Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 17 states are named Kennedy Elementary. Kennedy Elementary is the 7th largest of the 31.
- Kennedy ElementaryMadison, WI · 582 students
- Kennedy ElementaryJanesville, WI · 404 students
- Kennedy ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 402 students
- Kennedy ElementaryJunction City, WI · 170 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolWinder, GA · 764 students
Nearby schools
- Grafton High0.9 mi · 727
- Thorson Elementary1.0 mi · 529
- John Long Middle1.3 mi · 452
- Woodview Elementary1.4 mi · 506
- Parkview Elementary2.4 mi · 504
- Early Childhood2.4 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Kennedy ElementaryHow many students attend Kennedy Elementary?
Kennedy Elementary enrolls approximately 507 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kennedy Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kennedy Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kennedy Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kennedy Elementary is approximately 16.3:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kennedy Elementary?
Student demographics at Kennedy Elementary are roughly 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Kennedy Elementary in?
Kennedy Elementary is part of Grafton School District.
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