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What's something Lake Bluff Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHOREWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551380001810
Lake Bluff Elementary
1600 E Lake Bluff Blvd, Shorewood, WI 53211 · (414) 963-6972 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL531 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
16.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
88 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 50 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Lake Bluff Elementary→Shorewood Intermediate
Based on grade levels within Shorewood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
73.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.8% | 73.1% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 79.9% |
% 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Lake Bluff Elementary
Lake Bluff Elementary's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Bluff Elementary this school | 531 | 16.6% | 76.8% |
| Forest Edge Elementary School Fitchburg | 446 | 16.8% | 76.7% |
| Granite Ridge School Cottage Grove | 470 | 21.5% | 58.9% |
| Oriole Lane Elementary Mequon | 499 | 15.0% | 76.7% |
| Waunakee Heritage Elementary Waunakee | 537 | 15.6% | 72.0% |
| Windsor Elementary Windsor | 526 | 14.1% | 67.2% |
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 Lake Bluff Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #70 of 982 | #6 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #153 of 992 ▼ 79 | #12 of 174 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #105 of 992 ▼ 54 | #12 of 174 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #111 of 1,157 | #29 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #802 of 901 | #100 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #266 of 901 | #66 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #932 of 1,064 | #166 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #469 of 664 | #98 of 133 |
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
531
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 531 | 32.2 | 16.5:1 | 17% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 33.2 | 16.1:1 | 22% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 37.9 | 13.4:1 | 22% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 18% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 42.3 | 13.8:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 14% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 18% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 10% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 36 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Bluff Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (585 to 531); teachers down 24% (42.3 to 32.2).
About Lake Bluff Elementary
Lake Bluff Elementary is a large elementary school in Shorewood, Wisconsin. The school counted 531 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 64% above the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Lake Bluff Elementary is run by Shorewood School District, whose 5 schools enroll 1,916 students.
About 65% of the student body at Lake Bluff Elementary is White. Other students are 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Milwaukee County residents are about 51% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.5:1. Compared with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 64% for public schools in Milwaukee County.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Lake Bluff Elementary outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Lake Bluff Elementary would be expected to post about 67.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Milwaukee County show that median household income comes to about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 284, with about 122,496 students.
Atwater Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Lake Bluff Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, Lake Bluff Elementary ranks 1st on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 531, starting from 530. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.3:1 to 16.5:1.
Lake Bluff Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shorewood School District
- Shorewood HighHigh · 589 students
- Atwater ElementaryElementary · 474 students
- Shorewood IntermediateMiddle · 300 students
- New Horizons for LearningHigh · 22 students
Other schools in Shorewood
- Shorewood HighHigh · 589 students
- Atwater ElementaryElementary · 474 students
- Shorewood IntermediateMiddle · 300 students
- New Horizons for LearningHigh · 22 students
Other Lake Bluff Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lake Bluff Elementary. Lake Bluff Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lake Bluff Elementary SchoolLake Bluff, IL · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Atwater Elementary0.5 mi · 474
- Cumberland Elementary0.6 mi · 624
- Shorewood High0.6 mi · 589
- New Horizons for Learning0.6 mi · 22
- Shorewood Intermediate0.6 mi · 300
- Southeastern0.8 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Bluff ElementaryHow many students attend Lake Bluff Elementary?
Lake Bluff Elementary enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Lake Bluff Elementary serve?
Lake Bluff Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Lake Bluff Elementary?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Lake Bluff Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Lake Bluff Elementary?
Student demographics at Lake Bluff Elementary are roughly 65% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Lake Bluff Elementary in?
Lake Bluff Elementary is part of Shorewood School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.