Enrollment
251
Elementary
STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARIS J1 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551140001520
Paris Elementary
1901 176th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53144 · (262) 859-2350 · Kenosha County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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.
- C+Beats 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
15.6:1
16 FTE teachers
STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
36 students
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 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 71.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 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 Paris Elementary
Paris Elementary's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Elementary this school | 251 | 14.3% | 69.5% |
| Mount Horeb Primary Center Mount Horeb | 269 | 13.8% | N/A |
| Magee Elementary Genesee Depot | 255 | 15.7% | 75.7% |
| Park Elementary Cross Plains | 245 | 14.7% | 70.3% |
| Harmony Elementary Janesville | 288 | 14.9% | 78.1% |
| Lakeview Elementary Wind Lake | 290 | 15.5% | 79.0% |
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 Paris Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Kenosha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #199 of 982 | #2 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #374 of 992 ▼ 172 | #7 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #271 of 992 ▼ 107 | #6 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #775 of 1,157 | #29 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #737 of 901 | #32 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #764 of 901 | #31 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #965 of 1,064 | #34 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #415 of 664 | #7 of 15 |
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
251
-28 (-10%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 167
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 251 | 16.1 | 15.6:1 | 14% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 16.6 | 15.2:1 | 16% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 11% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 16 | 17.4:1 | 16% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 283 | 16.2 | 17.5:1 | 18% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 14 | 20.1:1 | 20% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 219 | 13 | 16.9:1 | 12% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 212 | 11 | 19.3:1 | 5% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 167 | 11 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paris Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (283 to 251); teachers down 1% (16.2 to 16.1).
About Paris Elementary
Paris Elementary is a public elementary school run by Paris J1 School District in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Its enrollment is 251 students, spread over pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 22% below that mark.
Paris Elementary is a school in Paris J1 School District.
White students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 75%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
Paris Elementary lists 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.6 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 14% of the student body. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Kenosha County is 34 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Paris Elementary lands at B, ahead of 61% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Paris Elementary scores 69.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 68.8%.
In Kenosha County, home to about 168,438 people, the median household earns about $81,239 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Paris Elementary shares Kenosha County with 55 other public schools.
Union Grove Elementary is about 3.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Paris Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Paris Elementary in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Paris Elementary had a net loss of 28 students, or 10%. The school's ratio dropped from 17.4:1 to 15.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Kenosha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
168,438
Census ACS
Median income
$81,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
27,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenosha
- Indian Trail High School and AcademyHigh · 1,902 students
- Bradford HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Tremper HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Mahone MiddleMiddle · 1,025 students
- Lakeview K-8 AcademyElementary · 988 students
- Lance MiddleMiddle · 899 students
Other Paris Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Paris Elementary. Paris Elementary is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Paris ElementaryTaylors, SC · 594 students
- Paris ElementaryParis, TN · 502 students
- Paris Elementary SchoolParis, ME · 424 students
- PARIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPARIS, AR · 416 students
- Paris Elementary SchoolParis, KY · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Union Grove Elementary3.8 mi · 886
- Brighton Elementary4.7 mi · 196
- Union Grove High4.9 mi · 1,032
- Bristol Elementary5.0 mi · 830
- Central High5.9 mi · 1,309
- Phoenix Project6.0 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About Paris ElementaryHow many students attend Paris Elementary?
Paris Elementary enrolls approximately 251 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Paris Elementary serve?
Paris Elementary serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Paris Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Paris Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Paris Elementary?
Paris Elementary reports a student body of 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Paris Elementary public or private?
Paris Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Paris J1 School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.