Enrollment
223
Elementary
DISTRICT 212 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERTOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551575002001
Schurz Elementary
1508 Neenah St, Watertown, WI 53094 · (920) 262-1485 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
9.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
150 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 47% larger than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Schurz Elementary→Riverside Middle
Based on grade levels within Watertown Unified School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -10.6pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.3% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 50.9% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Schurz Elementary
Schurz Elementary's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schurz Elementary this school | 223 | 67.3% | 42.1% |
| Banta Bilingual Elementary Menasha | 184 | 62.5% | 46.7% |
| Darien Elementary Darien | 223 | 65.9% | 46.2% |
| Abbotsford Elementary Abbotsford | 374 | 70.6% | 20.3% |
| Independence Elementary Independence | 182 | 76.9% | 36.9% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Waukesha | 321 | 64.5% | 33.0% |
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 Schurz Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #740 of 982 | #13 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #740 of 992 ▼ 122 | #13 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #816 of 992 ▼ 112 | #13 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 223 | #843 of 1,157 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #43 of 901 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #353 of 901 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #204 of 1,064 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.6% | #107 of 664 | #3 of 11 |
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
223
-52 (-19%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 223 | 22.9 | 9.7:1 | 67% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 236 | 24.9 | 9.5:1 | 69% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 22.9 | 10.7:1 | 65% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 75% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 308 | 24.6 | 12.5:1 | 68% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 24 | 12.7:1 | 70% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 29 | 11.7:1 | 52% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 20 | 15.7:1 | 21% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 18 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schurz Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (308 to 223); teachers down 7% (24.6 to 22.9).
About Schurz Elementary
Schurz Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in Watertown, Wisconsin. The school enrolls 223 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
Schurz Elementary is one school in a 10-school district, Watertown Unified School District, which enrolls 3,076 students.
At Schurz Elementary, Hispanic students make up 68% of the student body. After that, the student body is 26% White and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 9% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 9.7 students per teacher and 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 5.0 below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 67%. That is 32 points above the 35% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
allk12 grades Schurz Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schurz Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.1% and a predicted 36.4%.
In Jefferson County (population about 86,003), the median household income is $83,750, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Schurz Elementary is one of 31 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Schurz Elementary to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Watertown 4 Kids. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 55.8% proficiency; Schurz Elementary posts 42.1%.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 52 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 9.7 students per teacher, compared with 12.0 in 2020-21.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
86,003
Census ACS
Median income
$83,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Watertown Unified School District
- Watertown HighHigh · 1,012 students
- Riverside MiddleMiddle · 616 students
- Webster ElementaryElementary · 381 students
- Douglas ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Watertown 4 KidsElementary · 155 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 140 students
Other schools in Watertown
- Watertown HighHigh · 1,012 students
- Riverside MiddleMiddle · 616 students
- Webster ElementaryElementary · 381 students
- Douglas ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Watertown 4 KidsElementary · 155 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 140 students
Other Schurz Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Schurz Elementary. Schurz Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Schurz ElementarySchurz, NV · 59 students
Nearby schools
- Watertown 4 Kids0.0 mi · 155
- Webster Elementary0.8 mi · 381
- eCampus Academy Charter School1.0 mi · 132
- Lincoln Elementary1.3 mi · 140
- Riverside Middle1.6 mi · 616
- Douglas Elementary2.0 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Schurz ElementaryHow many students attend Schurz Elementary?
Schurz Elementary enrolls approximately 223 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Schurz Elementary serve?
Schurz Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Schurz Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Schurz Elementary is approximately 9.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Schurz Elementary?
Schurz Elementary reports a student body of 26% White, 68% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Schurz Elementary in?
Schurz Elementary is part of Watertown Unified School District.
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