Maple Avenue Elementary

Maple Avenue Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community in Sussex, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Hamilton School District. The school hosts 457 students in grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 41% bigger than typical.

Within Hamilton School District, which oversees 8 schools and 5,131 students, Maple Avenue Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Maple Avenue Elementary lists that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Maple Avenue Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 66.6%; Maple Avenue Elementary posts 83.4%, +16.8 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Waukesha County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Maple Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Templeton Middle, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Maple Avenue Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 77.7%.

Maple Avenue Elementary operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maple Avenue Elementary has expanded 3%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment grew from 7% to 17% over that span.

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