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How has Maple Avenue Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550603000666
Maple Avenue Elementary
W240N6059 Maple Ave, Sussex, WI 53089 · (262) 246-4220 · Waukesha County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A+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
15.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
82 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 10% larger than its 4th grade class (87).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 Hamilton School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
82.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
82.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2023-24 | 79.4% | 85.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% 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 17 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 Maple Avenue Elementary
Maple Avenue Elementary's state test result (83.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Avenue Elementary this school | 457 | 17.9% | 83.4% |
| Country Dale Elementary Franklin | 437 | 20.1% | 67.9% |
| Eagle Bluff Elementary Onalaska | 471 | 24.0% | 70.5% |
| Robinwood Elementary Franklin | 437 | 22.2% | 69.4% |
| Southwood Glen Elementary Franklin | 370 | 15.1% | 70.0% |
| Pleasant View Elementary Franklin | 422 | 24.6% | 68.7% |
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 Maple Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #16 of 982 | #5 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #41 of 992 ▼ 18 | #11 of 56 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #19 of 992 ▲ 20 | #6 of 56 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #218 of 1,157 | #22 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #723 of 901 | #47 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #320 of 901 | #17 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.9% | #915 of 1,064 | #23 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #190 of 240 | #22 of 28 |
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
457
+109 (+31%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 457 | 29.7 | 15.4:1 | 18% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 29.4 | 14.5:1 | 18% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 25.3 | 16.2:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 18% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 27.5 | 16.1:1 | 21% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 27% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 25% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 6% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 30 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maple Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (444 to 457); teachers up 8% (27.5 to 29.7).
About Maple Avenue Elementary
Maple Avenue Elementary is a public elementary school run by Hamilton School District in Sussex, Wisconsin. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 4, with 457 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Wisconsin is roughly 323 students; this school is 41% bigger than that.
Hamilton School District (8 schools, 5,131 students) runs Maple Avenue Elementary.
At Maple Avenue Elementary, White students make up 68% of the student body. The next largest groups are 17% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 18 points below the 87% share among Waukesha County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 15.4 students per teacher and 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 17% average for public schools in Waukesha County.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Maple Avenue 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.
A school in Wisconsin with Maple Avenue Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 66.6%. Maple Avenue Elementary scores 83.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Waukesha County show that the median household income is $106,076, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Besides Maple Avenue Elementary, Waukesha County has 112 other public schools.
The closest public school, Templeton Middle, is about 1.7 miles from Maple Avenue Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Maple Avenue Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment climbed 31% from its 2020-21 level of 348.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamilton School District
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,577 students
- Templeton MiddleMiddle · 766 students
- Silver Spring IntermediateMiddle · 758 students
- Marcy ElementaryElementary · 488 students
- Woodside ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Lannon ElementaryElementary · 350 students
Other schools in Sussex
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,577 students
- Templeton MiddleMiddle · 766 students
- Silver Spring IntermediateMiddle · 758 students
- Woodside ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Richmond ElementaryElementary · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Templeton Middle1.7 mi · 766
- Silver Spring Intermediate1.8 mi · 758
- Woodside Elementary1.8 mi · 456
- Hamilton High2.0 mi · 1,577
- Willow Springs Learning Center2.3 mi · 279
- Richmond Elementary2.5 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Maple Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Maple Avenue Elementary?
Maple Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 457 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Maple Avenue Elementary serve?
Maple Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Maple Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Maple Avenue Elementary is approximately 15.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maple Avenue Elementary?
At Maple Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 17% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Maple Avenue Elementary public or private?
Maple Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hamilton School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.