Purdy Elementary

Purdy Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, operated by Fort Atkinson School District. Current enrollment sits at 233 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Purdy Elementary sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Fort Atkinson School District, which oversees 7 schools and 2,263 students, Purdy Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Purdy Elementary records that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Purdy Elementary shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Purdy Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.8%; this one delivers 61.4%.

In the surrounding community, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,750 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Purdy Elementary is one of 31 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 9,194 students).

The closest other public school is Luther Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Purdy Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Purdy Elementary has shrank 35%, going from 358 students in 2018 to 233 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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