Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARTLAND-LAKESIDE J3 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550614002258
South Elementary
651 E Imperial Dr, Hartland, WI 53029 · (262) 369-6720 · Waukesha County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest 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
13.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
51 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 114 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 30% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
South Elementary→North Shore Middle
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
73.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.2% | 73.9% |
| 2023-24 | 75.3% | 74.1% |
% 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
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 South Elementary
South Elementary's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Elementary this school | 332 | 15.4% | 74.5% |
| Northview Elementary Howards Grove | 336 | 15.8% | 73.3% |
| Amy Belle Elementary Colgate | 356 | 16.3% | 71.6% |
| Lakeshore Elementary Fond du Lac | 354 | 16.1% | 84.2% |
| Yahara Elementary DeForest | 329 | 15.5% | 61.3% |
| Westlawn Elementary Cedarburg | 297 | 14.8% | 82.4% |
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 South Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #109 of 982 | #28 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #145 of 992 ▲ 3 | #35 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #135 of 992 ▼ 59 | #37 of 56 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #517 of 1,157 | #46 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #571 of 901 | #25 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #657 of 901 | #43 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.4% | #947 of 1,064 | #29 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.2% | #33 of 240 | #4 of 28 |
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
332
+25 (+8%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
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 | 332 | 23.8 | 13.9:1 | 15% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 23.8 | 13.9:1 | 13% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 17% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 23% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 19.4 | 13.3:1 | 12% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 17 | 16.1:1 | 26% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 19 | 18.1:1 | 22% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 5% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 29 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (259 to 332); teachers up 23% (19.4 to 23.8).
About South Elementary
South Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Hartland, Wisconsin. The latest federal count shows 332 students in grades 3 through 5.
The district, Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District, operates 3 schools serving 1,091 students.
Most students at South Elementary are White: 86% of enrollment. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, Waukesha County is about 87% White. The chance that two students picked at random at South Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
South Elementary employs 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, higher than at this school. South Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 15%. That is close to the 17% average for public schools in Waukesha County.
allk12 grades South Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
South Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.5% is 6.2 points above the 68.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Waukesha County (population about 411,762), median household income is about $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 113 public schools operate in Waukesha County, serving about 60,032 students.
The closest public school, North Shore Middle, is about 0.3 miles from South Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, South Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for South Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
South Elementary saw enrollment rise 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District
- North ElementaryElementary · 405 students
- North Shore MiddleMiddle · 354 students
Other schools in Hartland
- Arrowhead HighHigh · 1,950 students
- Merton PrimaryElementary · 526 students
- Lake Country SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Swallow ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- North ElementaryElementary · 405 students
- Merton IntermediateMiddle · 368 students
Other South Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 18 states are named South Elementary. South Elementary is the 28th largest of the 44.
- South Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 651 students
- South Elementary SchoolDanville, IN · 626 students
- South ElementaryPlymouth, MA · 614 students
- SOUTH ELEM.ELDON, MO · 552 students
- South Elementary SchoolMadison, OH · 506 students
Nearby schools
- North Shore Middle0.3 mi · 354
- North Elementary1.4 mi · 405
- Arrowhead High2.2 mi · 1,950
- Swallow Elementary2.3 mi · 432
- Lake Country School2.6 mi · 447
- Richmond Elementary3.8 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About South ElementaryHow large is South Elementary?
South Elementary enrolls approximately 332 students in grades 03-05.
Is South Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does South Elementary have?
South Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at South Elementary?
Student demographics at South Elementary are roughly 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is South Elementary public or private?
South Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District.
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