MacArthur Elementary

MacArthur Elementary is one of the substantial elementary campuss in Germantown, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Germantown School District, with 486 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so MacArthur Elementary sits 50% bigger than that benchmark.

Germantown School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,835 students. MacArthur Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MacArthur Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder breaks down as 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, MacArthur Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.1%, the actual is 68.5%, a residual of +4.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $96,359 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,746 students), MacArthur Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kennedy Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MacArthur Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 64.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 33%: 366 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 73% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.