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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSET SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551401001824
Somerset Elementary
635 Sunrise Dr, Somerset, WI 54025 · (715) 247-3311 · St. Croix County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- CBeats 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
16.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
134 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 92 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (94).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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 Somerset School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
62.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 62.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 58.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Somerset Elementary
Somerset Elementary's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Elementary this school | 577 | 23.2% | 61.8% |
| Slinger Elementary Slinger | 571 | 24.7% | 81.2% |
| 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 Somerset Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In St. Croix County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #361 of 982 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #353 of 992 ▲ 117 | #9 of 13 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #320 of 992 ▲ 20 | #8 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #74 of 1,157 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #771 of 901 | #13 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.6% | #711 of 901 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #842 of 1,064 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #436 of 664 | #6 of 10 |
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
577
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 577 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 23% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 28% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 37.9 | 14.9:1 | 25% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 25% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 22% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 23% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 685 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 26% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 9% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somerset Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (644 to 577); teachers down 12% (41 to 36).
About Somerset Elementary
Somerset Elementary is a large elementary school in Somerset, Wisconsin, (ZIP code 54025). It reported 577 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 79% above average.
Somerset School District runs 3 schools with a combined 1,445 students. Somerset Elementary is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Somerset Elementary, about 88 are White. The remaining students are 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
Somerset Elementary reported 36 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.0:1. The school's 16.0:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Roughly 23% of students at Somerset Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in St. Croix County average a similar 22%.
On the allk12 Grade, Somerset Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 63.4% at Somerset Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.8%.
Looking at the county, St. Croix County, the median household earns about $103,046 a year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Somerset Elementary, St. Croix County has 31 public schools.
Somerset High is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Somerset Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 69.8% on proficiency, and Somerset Elementary is below that at 61.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 554 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 577 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.6:1 to 16.0:1.
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St. Croix County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,033
Census ACS
Median income
$103,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
14,266 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Somerset School District
- Somerset HighHigh · 453 students
- Somerset MiddleMiddle · 415 students
Other schools in Somerset
- Somerset HighHigh · 453 students
- Somerset MiddleMiddle · 415 students
Other Somerset Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Somerset Elementary. Somerset Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Somerset Elementary SchoolBellevue, WA · 741 students
- Somerset Elementary SchoolSOMERSET, TX · 716 students
- SOMERSET ELEMENTARYMENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN · 412 students
- Somerset ElementaryChevy Chase, MD · 314 students
- Somerset Elementary SchoolSomerset, OH · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Somerset High0.3 mi · 453
- Somerset Middle0.4 mi · 415
- Houlton Elementary6.2 mi · 217
- Falcon View Online High School7.3 mi · 187
- Falcon View Online Middle School7.3 mi · 70
- Falcon View Online Elementary7.3 mi · 44
Frequently asked questions
About Somerset ElementaryHow many students attend Somerset Elementary?
Somerset Elementary enrolls approximately 577 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Somerset Elementary serve?
Somerset Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Somerset Elementary have?
Somerset Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Somerset Elementary?
Student demographics at Somerset Elementary are roughly 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Somerset Elementary in?
Somerset Elementary is part of Somerset School District.
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