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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHERN DOOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551413001833
Southern Door Elementary
2073 County Trunk DK, Brussels, WI 54204 · (920) 825-7321 · Door County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
12.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
194 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 66 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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 Southern Door County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
63.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 71.1% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Southern Door Elementary
Southern Door Elementary's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Door Elementary this school | 482 | 40.2% | 65.5% |
| Mondovi Elementary Mondovi | 491 | 40.1% | 53.5% |
| Caddie Woodlawn Elementary Durand | 457 | 38.7% | 56.2% |
| Oconto Falls Elementary Oconto Falls | 489 | 42.5% | 63.0% |
| Ronald R Albrecht Elementary Brodhead | 460 | 44.3% | 48.3% |
| Rock River Intermediate Waupun | 585 | 39.7% | 52.5% |
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 Southern Door Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Door County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #283 of 982 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #336 of 992 ▼ 126 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #416 of 992 ▼ 66 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #179 of 1,157 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #275 of 901 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.7% | #687 of 901 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #569 of 1,064 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #599 of 664 | N/A |
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
482
+51 (+12%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 475
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 482 | 40.2 | 12.0:1 | 40% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 40.5 | 11.5:1 | 42% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 41.7 | 10.7:1 | 43% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 40 | 10.8:1 | 44% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 40.4 | 12.3:1 | 41% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 37% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 37% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 16% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 475 | 36 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Door Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (499 to 482); teachers unchanged (40.4 to 40.2).
About Southern Door Elementary
Southern Door Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Wisconsin, with an address in Brussels. The school reports 482 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 49% bigger than the 323 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Southern Door Elementary is part of a district of 3 schools: Southern Door County School District, with 991 students.
White students make up 87% of enrollment at Southern Door Elementary. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 24% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Southern Door Elementary total 40.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.0:1. That is 2.7 students per teacher below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 40%.
The allk12 Grade for Southern Door Elementary is A-. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 53.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Door County, the median household income is $74,795, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Door County is home to 16 public schools and about 3,203 public school students.
The shortest distance from Southern Door Elementary to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Southern Door High. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Southern Door Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Southern Door Elementary as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment is up 12% from 2020-21, when Southern Door Elementary had 431 students, to 2024-25, when it had 482. Students per teacher rose from 10.8 in 2020-21 to 12.0 in 2024-25.
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Door County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,445
Census ACS
Median income
$74,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,203 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southern Door County School District
- Southern Door HighHigh · 304 students
- Southern Door MiddleMiddle · 205 students
Other schools in Brussels
- Southern Door HighHigh · 304 students
- Southern Door MiddleMiddle · 205 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Door High0.0 mi · 304
- Southern Door Middle0.0 mi · 205
- Sawyer Elementary7.6 mi · 223
- Sunrise Elementary9.0 mi · 214
- Sturgeon Bay High9.0 mi · 348
- Walker Middle9.0 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Door ElementaryHow many students attend Southern Door Elementary?
Southern Door Elementary enrolls approximately 482 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Southern Door Elementary serve?
Southern Door Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southern Door Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southern Door Elementary is approximately 12.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southern Door Elementary?
At Southern Door Elementary, the student body is approximately 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Southern Door Elementary public or private?
Southern Door Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Southern Door County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.