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What's the most underrated thing about Somers Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENOSHA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550732000824
Somers Elementary
1245 72nd Ave, Kenosha, WI 53144 · (262) 359-3200 · Kenosha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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
14.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
303 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 44 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
48.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
55.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 53.0% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Somers Elementary
Somers Elementary's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somers Elementary this school | 560 | 54.1% | 50.5% |
| Schulte School Sturtevant | 479 | 57.0% | 44.6% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Kenosha | 491 | 61.5% | 59.5% |
| Red Apple School Racine | 354 | 59.3% | 35.2% |
| Friendship Learning Elementary North Fond du Lac | 612 | 51.5% | 45.9% |
| Gilmore Fine Arts School Racine | 737 | 55.4% | 38.5% |
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 Somers Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Kenosha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #618 of 982 | #18 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #483 of 992 ▲ 97 | #15 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #590 of 992 ▲ 46 | #18 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #85 of 1,157 | #6 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #640 of 901 | #22 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #146 of 901 | #12 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #348 of 1,064 | #17 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.2% | #53 of 240 | #5 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
560
+169 (+43%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 560 | 38.7 | 14.5:1 | 54% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 42% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 31.8 | 13.4:1 | 45% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 43% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 38% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 47% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 32% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 33 | 16.2:1 | 27% (144) |
| 1990-91 | 429 | 21 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somers Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (462 to 560); teachers up 21% (32 to 38.7).
About Somers Elementary
Somers Elementary is an elementary school in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and it is part of Kenosha School District. The student body numbers 560 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323, so this school runs 73% bigger than that.
Somers Elementary belongs to Kenosha School District, a district of 41 schools and 20,297 students.
White students are the largest group at Somers Elementary, with 49% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 8% multiracial. Kenosha County's residents are about 75% White, 26 points above the school's share. Somers Elementary has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Somers Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.5:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have a similar average ratio of 14.7:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 54%.
Somers Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Somers Elementary is 6.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (50.5% versus 44.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Across Kenosha County, median household income is about $81,239, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The public schools of Kenosha County number 56 and enroll about 27,114.
The nearest public school is Hillcrest School, at about 2.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Somers Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Somers Elementary enrolled 391 in 2020-21 and 560 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.8:1 in 2020-21, and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Somers Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kenosha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
168,438
Census ACS
Median income
$81,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
27,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenosha School District
- Indian Trail High School and AcademyHigh · 1,902 students
- Bradford HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Tremper HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Mahone MiddleMiddle · 1,025 students
- Lakeview K-8 AcademyElementary · 988 students
- Lance MiddleMiddle · 899 students
Other schools in Kenosha
- Indian Trail High School and AcademyHigh · 1,902 students
- Bradford HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Tremper HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Mahone MiddleMiddle · 1,025 students
- Lakeview K-8 AcademyElementary · 988 students
- Lance MiddleMiddle · 899 students
Other Somers Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Somers Elementary. Somers Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Somers Elementary SchoolSomers, CT · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Hillcrest School2.1 mi · 108
- Bullen Middle2.6 mi · 754
- Bradford High3.1 mi · 1,453
- Bose Elementary3.2 mi · 304
- Phoenix Project3.2 mi · 8
- Harvey Elementary3.3 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Somers ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Somers Elementary?
Somers Elementary enrolls approximately 560 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Somers Elementary serve?
Somers Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Somers Elementary have?
Somers Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Somers Elementary?
Student demographics at Somers Elementary are roughly 49% White, 22% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Somers Elementary public or private?
Somers Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kenosha School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.