Lake Bluff Elementary

Set in Shorewood, Wisconsin, Lake Bluff Elementary is a roomy elementary campus, run under Shorewood School District. It serves 531 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 64% bigger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Shorewood School District (1,916 students total), Lake Bluff Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lake Bluff Elementary shows that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, Lake Bluff Elementary records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 17% of students at Lake Bluff Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lake Bluff Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.5%, the actual is 76.8%, a residual of +9.4 points.

Across the wider county, Milwaukee County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Lake Bluff Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Atwater Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lake Bluff Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 68.6%.

Lake Bluff Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 585 students in 2018 compared to 531 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 12% to 5%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.