1
Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCONOMOWOC AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551089001424
Park Lawn Elementary
300 Park Lawn St, Oconomowoc, WI 53066 · (262) 560-8200 · Waukesha County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest 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
12.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
80 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 83 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 29% smaller than its 4th grade class (63).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
76.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 76 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.2% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.7% | 81.0% |
% 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
77.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Park Lawn Elementary
Park Lawn Elementary's state test result (77.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Lawn Elementary this school | 383 | 20.9% | 77.6% |
| Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle Elkhart Lake | 359 | 21.2% | 79.8% |
| Brooklyn Elementary Brooklyn | 363 | 21.8% | 72.2% |
| Greenwood Elementary River Falls | 409 | 19.8% | 71.0% |
| Grand Avenue Elementary Prairie du Sac | 396 | 23.2% | 60.2% |
| Quinney Elementary Kaukauna | 359 | 19.5% | 69.8% |
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 Park Lawn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #59 of 982 | #22 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #44 of 992 ▲ 14 | #13 of 56 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #66 of 992 ▲ 44 | #22 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #389 of 1,157 | #37 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #328 of 901 | #11 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.3% | #638 of 901 | #39 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #874 of 1,064 | #17 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #421 of 664 | #19 of 27 |
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
383
-51 (-12%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 383 | 30.9 | 12.4:1 | 21% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 31.3 | 12.4:1 | 26% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 32.8 | 13.1:1 | 25% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 29% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 27.4 | 15.7:1 | 26% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 24 | 17.9:1 | 25% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 29% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 5% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 24 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Lawn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (431 to 383); teachers up 13% (27.4 to 30.9).
About Park Lawn Elementary
Park Lawn Elementary is a public elementary school in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The latest federal count shows 383 students in pre-K through 4.
A total of 8 schools make up Oconomowoc Area School District, with 4,928 students enrolled.
White students make up 85% of enrollment at Park Lawn Elementary. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Waukesha County as a whole is similar, at about 87%. Park Lawn Elementary's diversity index is 26%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.4:1, with 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Park Lawn Elementary is 21%.
allk12 grades Park Lawn Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.8%.
Waukesha County has these Census figures: the median household income is $106,076, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Waukesha County is home to 113 public schools and about 60,032 public school students.
The nearest public school is Lake Country Classical Academy Inc, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. The school's 77.6% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Park Lawn Elementary's enrollment dropped 12%, to 383. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.6:1 to 12.4:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Park Lawn Elementary. 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 Oconomowoc Area School District
- Oconomowoc HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Nature Hill IntermediateMiddle · 750 students
- Silver Lake IntermediateMiddle · 633 students
- Meadow View ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- Summit ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Greenland ElementaryElementary · 263 students
Other schools in Oconomowoc
- Oconomowoc HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Nature Hill IntermediateMiddle · 750 students
- Silver Lake IntermediateMiddle · 633 students
- Lake Country Classical Academy IncCombined · 562 students
- Meadow View ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- Summit ElementaryElementary · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Country Classical Academy Inc0.6 mi · 562
- Greenland Elementary1.0 mi · 263
- Oconomowoc High1.1 mi · 1,591
- Silver Lake Intermediate1.5 mi · 633
- Nature Hill Intermediate2.0 mi · 750
- Meadow View Elementary2.8 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Park Lawn ElementaryHow many students attend Park Lawn Elementary?
Park Lawn Elementary enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Park Lawn Elementary serve?
Park Lawn Elementary serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Lawn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Lawn Elementary is approximately 12.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Park Lawn Elementary?
Student demographics at Park Lawn Elementary are roughly 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Park Lawn Elementary in?
Park Lawn Elementary is part of Oconomowoc Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.