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Enrollment
669
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW BERLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551047002667
Ronald Reagan Elementary
4225 S Calhoun Rd, New Berlin, WI 53151 · (262) 789-6550 · Waukesha County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
16.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
64 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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 17% smaller than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
31%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
78.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
82.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 82.5% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 78.2% |
% 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
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Ronald Reagan Elementary
Ronald Reagan Elementary's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan Elementary this school | 669 | 9.6% | 81.0% |
| Horizon School Pewaukee | 647 | 11.3% | 73.5% |
| Tonawanda Elementary Elm Grove | 533 | 7.3% | 80.4% |
| Wilson Elementary Mequon | 558 | 10.4% | 76.6% |
| Waunakee Prairie Elementary Waunakee | 531 | 5.3% | 71.7% |
| Windsor Elementary Windsor | 526 | 14.1% | 67.2% |
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 Ronald Reagan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #31 of 982 | #12 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #39 of 992 ▲ 60 | #9 of 56 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #49 of 992 ▲ 1 | #16 of 56 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #33 of 1,157 | #5 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #801 of 901 | #57 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #549 of 901 | #34 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.6% | #1,018 of 1,064 | #51 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #108 of 240 | #16 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
669
+44 (+7%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 669 | 40.6 | 16.5:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 41.4 | 16.4:1 | 10% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 40.4 | 16.6:1 | 12% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 38.7 | 15.9:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 13% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 673 | 41 | 16.4:1 | 10% (67) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ronald Reagan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (616 to 669); teachers up 5% (38.7 to 40.6).
About Ronald Reagan Elementary
Ronald Reagan Elementary is a public elementary school in New Berlin, Wisconsin. The student body numbers 669 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323, so this school runs 107% larger than that.
The New Berlin School District system has 6 schools and 4,334 students.
The large majority of students at Ronald Reagan Elementary, 82%, are White. The next largest groups are 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Ronald Reagan Elementary has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Ronald Reagan Elementary total 40.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.5:1. The 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 64 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 10%.
Ronald Reagan Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% 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 81.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 71.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Waukesha County show that median household income is about $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%. Ronald Reagan Elementary is one of 113 public schools in Waukesha County, which together enroll about 60,032 students.
New Berlin West Middle/High is the public school closest to Ronald Reagan Elementary, about 1.7 miles away. Ronald Reagan Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Ronald Reagan Elementary at 2nd of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 625 in 2020-21 and 669 in 2024-25, a 7% gain.
The Ronald Reagan Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Elmwood ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- Poplar Creek ElementaryElementary · 514 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
- Elmwood ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- Poplar Creek ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Orchard Lane ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Hoover ElementaryElementary · 335 students
Other Ronald Reagan Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ronald Reagan Elementary. Ronald Reagan Elementary is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryEastvale, CA · 1,063 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 831 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryPalm Desert, CA · 808 students
- Ronald Reagan Elementary SchoolCEDAR PARK, TX · 800 students
- Ronald Reagan Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 520 students
Nearby schools
- New Berlin West Middle/High1.7 mi · 1,036
- Poplar Creek Elementary1.7 mi · 514
- Eisenhower Middle/High2.0 mi · 1,095
- Mill Valley Elementary3.0 mi · 417
- Elmwood Elementary3.1 mi · 567
- Hoover Elementary3.2 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Ronald Reagan ElementaryHow large is Ronald Reagan Elementary?
Ronald Reagan Elementary enrolls approximately 669 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Ronald Reagan Elementary serve?
Ronald Reagan Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ronald Reagan Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ronald Reagan Elementary is approximately 16.5:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ronald Reagan Elementary?
At Ronald Reagan Elementary, the student body is approximately 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Ronald Reagan Elementary public or private?
Ronald Reagan 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.