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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW BERLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551047001365
Poplar Creek Elementary
17401 W Cleveland Ave, New Berlin, WI 53146 · (262) 789-6520 · Waukesha County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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.
- A-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
14.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
115 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
73.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
77.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.1% | 77.7% |
| 2023-24 | 69.3% | 75.4% |
% 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
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Poplar Creek Elementary
Poplar Creek Elementary's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Creek Elementary this school | 514 | 22.4% | 74.3% |
| Orchard Lane Elementary New Berlin | 453 | 18.8% | 67.6% |
| Robbins Elementary Eau Claire | 522 | 28.0% | 61.5% |
| Traeger Elementary Oshkosh | 423 | 26.7% | 62.4% |
| MacArthur Elementary Germantown | 486 | 22.0% | 68.5% |
| Waukesha STEM Academy Waukesha | 580 | 25.0% | 72.4% |
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 Poplar Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #114 of 982 | #29 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #89 of 992 ▲ 36 | #26 of 56 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #103 of 992 ▲ 62 | #30 of 56 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #133 of 1,157 | #15 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #644 of 901 | #33 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #424 of 901 | #27 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #858 of 1,064 | #16 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.2% | #71 of 240 | #10 of 28 |
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
514
+73 (+17%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 514 | 35.5 | 14.5:1 | 22% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 31.8 | 15.0:1 | 23% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 24% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 27% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 32.2 | 14.0:1 | 18% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 21% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 22% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 19 | 13.8:1 | 4% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 23 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poplar Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (450 to 514); teachers up 10% (32.2 to 35.5).
About Poplar Creek Elementary
As a large elementary school, Poplar Creek Elementary serves students in New Berlin, Wisconsin. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 514 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Wisconsin is roughly 323 students; this school is 59% larger than that.
Poplar Creek Elementary reports to New Berlin School District, which has 6 schools and 4,334 students.
At 75%, White students outnumber all other groups at Poplar Creek Elementary combined. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Waukesha County, the White share is about 87%. By the diversity index, Poplar Creek Elementary comes in at 42%.
Teachers at Poplar Creek Elementary total 35.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.5:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 14.7:1, a similar figure. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 22%.
The allk12 Grade for Poplar Creek Elementary is A. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Poplar Creek Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 63.9%. Poplar Creek Elementary scores 74.3%, 10.3 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Waukesha County show that median household income is about $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Poplar Creek Elementary is among the 113 public schools in Waukesha County.
The shortest distance from Poplar Creek Elementary to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to New Berlin West Middle/High. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Poplar Creek Elementary places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Poplar Creek Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 441 in 2020-21 and 514 in 2024-25, a gain of 73 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Poplar Creek 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 New Berlin School District
- Eisenhower Middle/HighHigh · 1,095 students
- New Berlin West Middle/HighHigh · 1,036 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryElementary · 669 students
- Elmwood ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- Orchard Lane ElementaryElementary · 453 students
Other schools in New Berlin
- Eisenhower Middle/HighHigh · 1,095 students
- New Berlin West Middle/HighHigh · 1,036 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryElementary · 669 students
- Elmwood ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- Orchard Lane ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Hoover ElementaryElementary · 335 students
Nearby schools
- New Berlin West Middle/High0.8 mi · 1,036
- Ronald Reagan Elementary1.7 mi · 669
- Orchard Lane Elementary2.4 mi · 453
- Eisenhower Middle/High2.8 mi · 1,095
- Swanson Elementary2.9 mi · 778
- Hoover Elementary3.0 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Poplar Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Poplar Creek Elementary?
Poplar Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Poplar Creek Elementary serve?
Poplar Creek Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Poplar Creek Elementary?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Poplar Creek Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Poplar Creek Elementary?
At Poplar Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 75% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Poplar Creek Elementary public or private?
Poplar Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by New Berlin School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.