Enrollment
197
Elementary
STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHARON J11 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551356001774
Sharon Community
104 E School St, Sharon, WI 53585 · (262) 736-4477 · Walworth County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.5:1
17 FTE teachers
STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
115 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
58.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
52.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 52.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.8% | 53.3% |
% 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% 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 17 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 Sharon Community
Sharon Community's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Community this school | 197 | 58.4% | 59.3% |
| Owen-Withee Elementary Owen | 221 | 55.2% | 52.8% |
| West Side Elementary Reedsburg | 198 | 61.1% | N/A |
| Sawyer Elementary Sturgeon Bay | 223 | 52.9% | N/A |
| West Elementary Antigo | 185 | 63.2% | 35.8% |
| Shullsburg Elementary Shullsburg | 143 | 53.8% | 49.5% |
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 Sharon Community ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Walworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #424 of 982 | #13 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #552 of 992 ▲ 24 | #13 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #364 of 992 ▼ 80 | #11 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #909 of 1,157 | #19 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #296 of 1,064 | #3 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #90 of 664 | #1 of 17 |
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
197
-22 (-10%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 197 | 17.1 | 11.5:1 | 58% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 18.3 | 10.6:1 | 50% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 19.8 | 9.9:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 219 | 19 | 11.5:1 | 54% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 28.3 | 9.8:1 | 53% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 29 | 10.0:1 | 61% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 57% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 23 | 12.5:1 | 28% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 333 | 22 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharon Community.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (278 to 197); teachers down 40% (28.3 to 17.1).
About Sharon Community
Sharon Community is a small elementary school in Sharon, Wisconsin, administered by Sharon J11 School District. The school enrolls 197 students, from pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
Sharon J11 School District is the district for Sharon Community.
White students make up a majority at Sharon Community, at 77%. Other students are 21% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is lower than the 85% White share among all Walworth County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.5:1. That is 3.2 students per teacher below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Sharon Community reports 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Walworth County average 37%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Sharon Community receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sharon Community does better than predicted by 17.4 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.3%; the prediction is 41.8%.
Within Walworth County, the median household income is $80,520, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Sharon Community, Walworth County has 45 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Darien Elementary, about 6.4 miles away. Sharon Community has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sharon Community at 2nd of 9.
NCES assigns Sharon Community the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 197 students in 2024-25, 22 fewer than the 219 it had in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Walworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,657
Census ACS
Median income
$80,520
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
14,383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sharon J11 School District
Nearby schools
- Darien Elementary6.4 mi · 223
- Walworth Elementary6.6 mi · 409
- Big Foot High6.9 mi · 437
- Capron Elementary School7.4 mi · 162
- Clinton Elementary7.5 mi · 541
- Clinton Senior High7.7 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About Sharon CommunityWhat is the total enrollment at Sharon Community?
Sharon Community enrolls approximately 197 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Sharon Community serve?
Sharon Community serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sharon Community?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sharon Community is approximately 11.5:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sharon Community?
At Sharon Community, the student body is approximately 77% White, 21% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Sharon Community public or private?
Sharon Community is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sharon J11 School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.