Rose Glen Elementary

Rose Glen Elementary is a sprawling elementary-level community in Waukesha, Wisconsin, operated by Waukesha School District. The school serves 490 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 52% above the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Rose Glen Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Waukesha School District, a district that instructs 10,922 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Rose Glen Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Waukesha County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Rose Glen Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Rose Glen Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rose Glen Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.1%; this one delivers 74.1%.

Around the school, Waukesha County reports that median household income runs about $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Waukesha County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), of which Rose Glen Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: West High, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rose Glen Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rose Glen Elementary has decreased 8%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 490 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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