Meadowbrook Elementary

Meadowbrook Elementary operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in Waukesha, Wisconsin, overseen by Waukesha School District. Current enrollment sits at 243 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Meadowbrook Elementary sits 25% smaller than that benchmark.

Meadowbrook Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Waukesha School District, a district that educates 10,922 students overall.

Demographically, Meadowbrook Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Meadowbrook Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 19% of students at Meadowbrook Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Meadowbrook 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 66.3%; Meadowbrook Elementary posts 81.6%, +15.3 points above that line.

Around the school, Waukesha County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,076, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Meadowbrook Elementary is one of 113 public schools in Waukesha County (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students).

Nearest neighbor: Summit View Elementary, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meadowbrook Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadowbrook Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 57.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Meadowbrook Elementary's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 303 (now 243). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.