Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENOSHA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550732000821
Prairie Lane Elementary
10717 47th Ave, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158 · (262) 359-3600 · Kenosha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% 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
13.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
128 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
49%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
74.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
76.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.5% | 76.5% |
| 2023-24 | 79.3% | 79.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Prairie Lane Elementary
Prairie Lane Elementary's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Lane Elementary this school | 451 | 28.4% | 76.9% |
| Summit View Elementary Waukesha | 449 | 29.4% | 69.6% |
| Rossman Elementary Hartford | 422 | 29.6% | 75.5% |
| Hales Corners Elementary Hales Corners | 520 | 30.4% | 68.0% |
| Sandhill Elementary Stoughton | 411 | 29.4% | 66.0% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Wauwatosa | 396 | 26.3% | 77.6% |
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 Prairie Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Kenosha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #69 of 982 | #1 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #105 of 992 ▼ 23 | #1 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #85 of 992 ▼ 43 | #1 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #232 of 1,157 | #15 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #572 of 901 | #18 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #328 of 901 | #24 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #765 of 1,064 | #29 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #128 of 240 | #8 of 13 |
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
451
+63 (+16%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 451 | 32.3 | 13.9:1 | 28% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 22.4 | 16.6:1 | 21% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 26.4 | 14.3:1 | 26% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 29% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 20% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 27% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 21 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (422 to 451); teachers up 15% (28 to 32.3).
About Prairie Lane Elementary
Prairie Lane Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, administered by Kenosha School District. Federal data show 451 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average enrollment is about 323.
Kenosha School District enrolls 20,297 students in 41 schools, including Prairie Lane Elementary.
The share of White students at Prairie Lane Elementary is 69%, a majority. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. The diversity index for Prairie Lane Elementary is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 13.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Prairie Lane Elementary, which has 32.3. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 28%. Public schools in Kenosha County average 48%.
Prairie Lane Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Prairie Lane Elementary scores 16.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 76.9% actual versus 60.2% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Kenosha County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $81,239 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Kenosha County has 56 public schools with about 27,114 students, including Prairie Lane Elementary.
Jeffery Elementary is the nearest public school to Prairie Lane Elementary, about 1.9 miles away. Prairie Lane Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 50.5% proficiency; Prairie Lane Elementary posts 76.9%.
NCES describes the area around Prairie Lane Elementary as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 388 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 451 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Prairie Lane Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Pleasant Prairie ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Whittier ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Lakeview Technology AcademyHigh · 391 students
Other Prairie Lane Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Prairie Lane Elementary. Prairie Lane Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- PRAIRIE LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Jeffery Elementary1.9 mi · 338
- Whittier Elementary2.2 mi · 459
- Tremper High2.4 mi · 1,417
- Ruth Harman Academy2.5 mi · 427
- Brompton School2.5 mi · 218
- Vernon Elementary2.5 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Lane ElementaryHow large is Prairie Lane Elementary?
Prairie Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
Is Prairie Lane Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairie Lane Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Prairie Lane Elementary have?
Prairie Lane Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Prairie Lane Elementary?
Student demographics at Prairie Lane Elementary are roughly 69% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Prairie Lane Elementary public or private?
Prairie Lane Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kenosha School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.