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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SLINGER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551395001819
Slinger Elementary
203 Polk St, Slinger, WI 53086 · (262) 644-6669 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
141 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 50 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Based on grade levels within Slinger School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.9% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 86.4% |
% 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
81.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% 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 19 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 Slinger Elementary
Slinger Elementary's state test result (81.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slinger Elementary this school | 571 | 24.7% | 81.2% |
| Somerset Elementary Somerset | 577 | 23.2% | 61.8% |
| Saint Croix Central Elementary Roberts | 629 | 23.2% | 67.3% |
| Mosinee Elementary Mosinee | 632 | 25.2% | 51.9% |
| Dickinson Elementary De Pere | 523 | 23.5% | 72.2% |
| Randall Consolidated School Burlington | 560 | 23.4% | 61.5% |
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 Slinger Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #28 of 982 | #2 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #17 of 992 ▼ 2 | #2 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #37 of 992 ▲ 1 | #1 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #79 of 1,157 | #1 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #788 of 901 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #693 of 901 | #13 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #815 of 1,064 | #9 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #470 of 664 | #9 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
571
-50 (-8%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 571 | 35.1 | 16.3:1 | 25% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 34.8 | 17.2:1 | 25% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 34.1 | 18.3:1 | 23% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 19% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 33.8 | 18.6:1 | 14% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 34 | 18.2:1 | 20% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 29 | 20.3:1 | 26% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 817 | 45 | 18.2:1 | 5% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 32 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Slinger Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (629 to 571); teachers up 4% (33.8 to 35.1).
About Slinger Elementary
Slinger Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Slinger, Wisconsin. It teaches 571 students in pre-K through 5. It has 77% more students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
District-wide, Slinger School District has 5 schools and 3,234 students.
Roughly 87% of students at Slinger Elementary are White. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. The school has 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. Federal data show 25% of students (141) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 23% average for public schools in Washington County.
Slinger Elementary is 18.7 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Wisconsin.
Washington County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $96,359, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Slinger Elementary shares Washington County with 33 other public schools.
Slinger High is the nearest public school to Slinger Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Slinger Elementary, there are 5 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 81.2% is above the 64.6% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
An 8% decline took enrollment from 621 in 2020-21 to 571 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.3:1 in 2020-21 to 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Slinger School District
- Slinger HighHigh · 1,065 students
- Slinger MiddleMiddle · 740 students
- Addison ElementaryElementary · 441 students
- Allenton ElementaryElementary · 417 students
Other schools in Slinger
- Slinger HighHigh · 1,065 students
- Slinger MiddleMiddle · 740 students
Nearby schools
- Slinger High0.1 mi · 1,065
- Slinger Middle1.0 mi · 740
- Addison Elementary3.2 mi · 441
- Rossman Elementary4.2 mi · 422
- Lincoln Elementary4.9 mi · 460
- Central Middle5.3 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About Slinger ElementaryHow many students attend Slinger Elementary?
Slinger Elementary enrolls approximately 571 students in grades PK-05.
Is Slinger Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Slinger Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Slinger Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Slinger Elementary.
How diverse is Slinger Elementary?
Slinger Elementary reports a student body of 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Slinger Elementary in?
Slinger Elementary is part of Slinger School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.