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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENOSHA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550732000820
Pleasant Prairie Elementary
9208 Wilmot Rd, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158 · (262) 359-2104 · Kenosha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
193 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 53 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
57.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
58.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.5% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 55.5% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Pleasant Prairie Elementary
Pleasant Prairie Elementary's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Prairie Elementary this school | 542 | 35.6% | 60.5% |
| Nash Elementary Kenosha | 576 | 31.1% | 63.8% |
| Ruth Harman Academy Kenosha | 427 | 37.0% | 52.3% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Madison | 631 | 32.3% | 47.0% |
| Northside Elementary Sun Prairie | 439 | 40.5% | 44.1% |
| Lake Country Academy - Charter Sheboygan | 447 | 37.6% | 60.6% |
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 Pleasant Prairie Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Kenosha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #405 of 982 | #11 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #424 of 992 ▲ 103 | #11 of 34 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #391 of 992 ▼ 4 | #11 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #102 of 1,157 | #8 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #662 of 901 | #25 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #181 of 901 | #16 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.6% | #645 of 1,064 | #23 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #365 of 664 | #6 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
542
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
+126% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 542 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 36% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 24% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 31 | 16.3:1 | 31% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 29% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 34.8 | 17.9:1 | 24% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 23% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 23% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 28 | 20.5:1 | 27% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 12 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Prairie Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (625 to 542); teachers up 6% (34.8 to 37).
About Pleasant Prairie Elementary
Pleasant Prairie Elementary, a large elementary school, is located in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The student body numbers 542 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323, so this school runs 68% larger than that.
Kenosha School District operates 41 schools. Combined enrollment is 20,297 students.
By race and ethnicity, Pleasant Prairie Elementary is 55% White. After that, the student body is 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Census figures show Kenosha County is about 75% White. Pleasant Prairie Elementary has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 37 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Pleasant Prairie Elementary was 14.7:1. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is about 14.7:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 36%. For comparison, public schools in Kenosha County average 48%.
Pleasant Prairie Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 56% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 55.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Kenosha County, median household income is about $81,239, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The public schools of Kenosha County number 56 and enroll about 27,114.
The nearest public school is Nash Elementary, at about 1.0 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Pleasant Prairie Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Pleasant Prairie Elementary saw enrollment rise 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 School District
- 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 schools in Pleasant Prairie
- Whittier ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Prairie Lane ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Lakeview Technology AcademyHigh · 391 students
Nearby schools
- Nash Elementary1.0 mi · 576
- Lakeview Technology Academy1.6 mi · 391
- Stocker Elementary2.0 mi · 302
- Kenosha School of Language (KSOL)2.0 mi · 330
- Mahone Middle2.1 mi · 1,025
- Indian Trail High School and Academy2.2 mi · 1,902
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Prairie ElementaryHow large is Pleasant Prairie Elementary?
Pleasant Prairie Elementary enrolls approximately 542 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pleasant Prairie Elementary serve?
Pleasant Prairie Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Prairie Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Prairie Elementary.
How diverse is Pleasant Prairie Elementary?
Pleasant Prairie Elementary reports a student body of 55% White, 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Prairie Elementary in?
Pleasant Prairie Elementary is part of Kenosha School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.