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Kewaskum Elementary
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Kewaskum Elementary
Kewaskum Elementary is a well-populated elementary campus in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, part of Kewaskum School District. The school caters to 497 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 54% larger than typical.
Across the 4 schools in Kewaskum School District (1,803 students total), Kewaskum Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Kewaskum Elementary logs that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Kewaskum Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.2%; this one delivers 69.0%.
Zooming out to the county, Washington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $96,359 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Kewaskum Elementary is one of 34 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 17,746 students).
The closest other public school is Kewaskum High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kewaskum Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 62.3%.
Kewaskum Elementary operates from a countryside location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kewaskum Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 497 students in 2018 to 497 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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