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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Rossman Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARTFORD J1 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550609000676
Rossman Elementary
600 Highland Ave, Hartford, WI 53027 · (262) 673-3300 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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
12.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
125 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 42 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Rossman Elementary→Central Middle
Based on grade levels within Hartford J1 School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
82.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.9% | 82.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 80.6% |
% 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% 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 16 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 Rossman Elementary
Rossman Elementary's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rossman Elementary this school | 422 | 29.6% | 75.5% |
| Sandhill Elementary Stoughton | 411 | 29.4% | 66.0% |
| Valders Elementary Valders | 411 | 29.2% | 43.7% |
| Riverview Elementary Silver Lake | 449 | 32.7% | 64.2% |
| Westside Elementary Kimberly | 408 | 30.6% | 63.2% |
| Yorkville Elementary Union Grove | 465 | 25.4% | 69.9% |
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 Rossman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #94 of 982 | #6 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #42 of 992 ▲ 21 | #3 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #177 of 992 ▲ 7 | #9 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #299 of 1,157 | #7 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #379 of 901 | #4 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #481 of 901 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #738 of 1,064 | #6 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.4% | #68 of 664 | #2 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
422
-87 (-17%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 422 | 33.1 | 12.7:1 | 30% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 33.1 | 13.8:1 | 32% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 34.4 | 13.3:1 | 30% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 30% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 41.2 | 14.9:1 | 26% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 43 | 15.8:1 | 25% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 27% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 16% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 31 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rossman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (615 to 422); teachers down 20% (41.2 to 33.1).
About Rossman Elementary
Located in Hartford, Wisconsin, Rossman Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 422 students enrolled. It has 31% more students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
Across its 3 schools, Hartford J1 School District enrolls 1,301 students. Rossman Elementary is one of those schools.
White students are 78% of those enrolled at Rossman Elementary. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. That compares with about 91% White among all Washington County residents. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Rossman Elementary are from different groups.
Its staff includes 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.7 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. Rossman Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 30%.
On the allk12 Grade, Rossman Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Rossman Elementary outperforms its prediction by 16.0 points. The model expects 59.5% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Wisconsin; the school's rate is 75.5%.
In the wider Washington County area, the median household earns about $96,359 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Washington County, 34 public schools serve about 17,746 students.
The closest school to Rossman Elementary is Lincoln Elementary, located about 1.2 miles away. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Rossman Elementary at 2nd of 9.
Rossman Elementary is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 422, down from 509 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 13.8:1 to 12.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Rossman Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,879
Census ACS
Median income
$96,359
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
17,746 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hartford J1 School District
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 419 students
Other schools in Hartford
- Hartford HighHigh · 1,324 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Addison ElementaryElementary · 441 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 419 students
- Erin ElementaryElementary · 399 students
Other Rossman Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rossman Elementary. Rossman Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- ROSSMAN ELEMENTARYDETROIT LAKES, MN · 565 students
- Rossman ElementaryCheyenne, WY · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary1.2 mi · 460
- Hartford High1.5 mi · 1,324
- Central Middle1.8 mi · 419
- Slinger Elementary4.2 mi · 571
- Slinger High4.3 mi · 1,065
- Honor Intermediate4.5 mi · 128
Frequently asked questions
About Rossman ElementaryHow many students attend Rossman Elementary?
Rossman Elementary enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rossman Elementary serve?
Rossman Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rossman Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rossman Elementary is approximately 12.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rossman Elementary?
Rossman Elementary reports a student body of 78% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Rossman Elementary public or private?
Rossman Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hartford J1 School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.