Enrollment
238
Elementary
DISTRICT 196 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT ATKINSON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550474002416
Luther Elementary
205 Park St, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 · (920) 568-4465 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
106 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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 Fort Atkinson School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
71.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.8% | 71.2% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 67.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Luther Elementary
Luther Elementary's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Elementary this school | 238 | 44.5% | 65.5% |
| Waterloo Elementary Waterloo | 281 | 43.8% | 46.1% |
| Mitchell Elementary West Allis | 267 | 44.2% | 55.3% |
| Marshall Early Learning Center Marshall | 251 | 43.4% | N/A |
| Marshall Elementary Marshall | 246 | 45.9% | 50.4% |
| Tower Rock Elementary Prairie du Sac | 213 | 43.7% | 53.0% |
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 Luther Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #284 of 982 | #3 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #179 of 992 ▲ 95 | #2 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #180 of 992 ▲ 24 | #2 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #808 of 1,157 | #6 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #107 of 901 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #330 of 901 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #508 of 1,064 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #504 of 664 | #10 of 11 |
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
238
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+693% since 2000-01, when it was 30
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 238 | 22.3 | 10.7:1 | 45% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 23.5 | 10.5:1 | 48% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 22.4 | 10.1:1 | 50% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 22 | 10.7:1 | 49% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 258 | 21.8 | 11.8:1 | 45% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 42% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 50% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 30 | N/A | N/A | 13% (4) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Luther Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (258 to 238); teachers up 2% (21.8 to 22.3).
About Luther Elementary
Luther Elementary is a small elementary school in Wisconsin, located in Fort Atkinson. Enrollment is 238 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, enrollment here is 26% lower.
Fort Atkinson School District oversees Luther Elementary and 6 other schools, with 2,263 students in total.
Luther Elementary's enrollment is 66% White. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Jefferson County overall, about 89% of residents are White. Luther Elementary has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 22.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.7:1. Among elementary schools in Wisconsin, the typical ratio is 14.7:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. The rate at public schools in Jefferson County averages 35%, lower than here.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Luther 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.
Luther Elementary is in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.3%. The school's actual rate is 65.5%, 15.1 points higher.
Jefferson County has these Census figures: median household income is about $83,750, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Luther Elementary is among the 31 public schools in Jefferson County.
The closest other public school is Purdy Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Luther Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 65.5% versus a 60.1% average.
Luther Elementary has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 236 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 238.
To ask about school safety, transportation, and start times, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
86,003
Census ACS
Median income
$83,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fort Atkinson School District
- Fort Atkinson HighHigh · 816 students
- Fort Atkinson MiddleMiddle · 467 students
- Purdy ElementaryElementary · 233 students
- Barrie ElementaryElementary · 212 students
- Rockwell ElementaryElementary · 197 students
- Fort Atkinson 4KElementary · 100 students
Other schools in Fort Atkinson
- Fort Atkinson HighHigh · 816 students
- Fort Atkinson MiddleMiddle · 467 students
- Purdy ElementaryElementary · 233 students
- Barrie ElementaryElementary · 212 students
- Rockwell ElementaryElementary · 197 students
- Fort Atkinson 4KElementary · 100 students
Other Luther Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Luther Elementary. Luther Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Luther ElementaryLive Oak, CA · 867 students
- Luther Elementary SchoolLuther, OK · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Purdy Elementary0.2 mi · 233
- Fort Atkinson Middle0.5 mi · 467
- Fort Atkinson 4K0.5 mi · 100
- Barrie Elementary1.1 mi · 212
- Rockwell Elementary1.4 mi · 197
- Fort Atkinson High1.9 mi · 816
Frequently asked questions
About Luther ElementaryHow large is Luther Elementary?
Luther Elementary enrolls approximately 238 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Luther Elementary serve?
Luther Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Luther Elementary have?
Luther Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Luther Elementary?
Student demographics at Luther Elementary are roughly 66% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Luther Elementary in?
Luther Elementary is part of Fort Atkinson School District.
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