Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEBOYGAN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551365001790
Longfellow Elementary
819 Kentucky Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081 · (920) 459-3580 · Sheboygan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
220 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
26.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
36.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +14.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.9% | 21.6% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Longfellow Elementary
Longfellow Elementary's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary this school | 234 | 94.0% | 25.6% |
| IDEAL Milwaukee | 210 | 88.6% | 37.5% |
| Zablocki Elementary Milwaukee | 250 | 90.0% | 22.3% |
| Northside Elementary La Crosse | 237 | 84.8% | 27.1% |
| Curtin Elementary Milwaukee | 301 | 90.0% | 20.6% |
| Grant Elementary Sheboygan | 337 | 83.4% | 43.6% |
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 Longfellow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Sheboygan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #871 of 982 | #23 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #771 of 992 ▲ 111 | #20 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #860 of 992 ▲ 6 | #22 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #819 of 1,157 | #21 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #21 of 901 | #1 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.0% | #5 of 901 | #1 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #28 of 1,064 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.4% | #95 of 664 | #2 of 16 |
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
234
-9 (-4%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 234 | 25.1 | 9.3:1 | 94% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 27.4 | 8.2:1 | 90% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 28.4 | 8.8:1 | 92% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 26 | 9.3:1 | 98% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 34.4 | 9.5:1 | 99% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 36 | 11.5:1 | 60% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 35 | 11.2:1 | 81% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 26% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 19 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (327 to 234); teachers down 27% (34.4 to 25.1).
About Longfellow Elementary
As a small elementary school, Longfellow Elementary serves students in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Its 234 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 28% smaller than the 323 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Sheboygan Area School District (26 schools, 9,285 students) runs Longfellow Elementary.
The most common group at Longfellow Elementary is Hispanic students, at 27%. After that, the student body is 23% White, 23% Asian, 18% multiracial, and 9% Black. Among all residents of Sheboygan County, the Hispanic share is about 8%. The school's diversity index is 78%, meaning two students picked at random have a 78% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Longfellow Elementary was 9.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin have 14.7:1, compared with 9.3:1 here. Longfellow Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 94%. On average, public schools in Sheboygan County report 45%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Longfellow Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.6%; the prediction is 20.0%.
Across Sheboygan County, the median household income is $73,094, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Sheboygan County has 52 public schools and roughly 17,340 students.
The shortest distance from Longfellow Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to George D Warriner Middle. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Longfellow Elementary places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Longfellow Elementary dropped 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 243 to 234 students.
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Sheboygan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,991
Census ACS
Median income
$73,094
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
17,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheboygan Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other schools in Sheboygan
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary is the 35th largest of the 37.
- Longfellow ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 773 students
- Longfellow ElementaryEau Claire, WI · 290 students
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
- Longfellow ElementaryRiverside, CA · 701 students
Nearby schools
- George D Warriner Middle0.5 mi · 43
- George D Warriner High School for Personalized Learning0.5 mi · 123
- Etude High0.5 mi · 77
- Sheboygan Leadership Academy0.5 mi · 213
- Etude Middle0.5 mi · 77
- Central High0.5 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow ElementaryHow many students attend Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary enrolls approximately 234 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Longfellow Elementary serve?
Longfellow Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Longfellow Elementary?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Longfellow Elementary.
How diverse is Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary reports a student body of 23% White, 27% Hispanic, 9% Black, 23% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Longfellow Elementary in?
Longfellow Elementary is part of Sheboygan Area School District.
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