Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENOSHA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550732000825
Southport Elementary
723 76th St, Kenosha, WI 53143 · (262) 359-6309 · Kenosha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
298 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
70%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
30.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 22.8% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Southport Elementary
Southport Elementary's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southport Elementary this school | 438 | 68.0% | 28.6% |
| Wilson Elementary West Allis | 365 | 65.8% | 33.3% |
| Converse Elementary Beloit | 446 | 71.7% | 32.0% |
| Mitchell Elementary Cudahy | 403 | 66.3% | 47.4% |
| Todd Elementary Beloit | 471 | 69.2% | 26.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Kenosha | 491 | 61.5% | 59.5% |
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 Southport Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Kenosha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #853 of 982 | #29 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #872 of 992 ▲ 7 | #29 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #831 of 992 ▲ 30 | #26 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #263 of 1,157 | #17 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #537 of 901 | #17 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #82 of 901 | #6 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #197 of 1,064 | #12 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.3% | #49 of 240 | #4 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
438
+129 (+42%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 438 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 68% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 60% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 71% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 72% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 54% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 62% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 48% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 27% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 22 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southport Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (358 to 438); teachers up 18% (27 to 32).
About Southport Elementary
Southport Elementary is a public elementary school run by Kenosha School District in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 438 students. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have about 323 students on average; enrollment here is 36% higher.
A total of 41 schools make up Kenosha School District, with 20,297 students enrolled.
The biggest share of students at Southport Elementary, 39%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 10% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Kenosha County's population at about 75%. The diversity index for Southport Elementary is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Southport Elementary reports a ratio of 13.7 students per teacher, from 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 13.7:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Lunch program data show 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Kenosha County is 20 points.
Southport Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Southport Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.6%, compared with a predicted 35.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Kenosha County show the median household earns about $81,239 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Southport Elementary, Kenosha County has 56 public schools.
Grewenow Elementary, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Southport Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Southport Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Small.
In 2020-21 the school reported 309 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 438. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The ratio was 12.4:1 in 2020-21 and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Southport Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Southport Elementary. Southport Elementary is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Southport ElementaryWest Sacramento, CA · 785 students
- SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTHPORT, FL · 531 students
- Southport Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 450 students
- Southport ElementarySouthport, NC · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Grewenow Elementary0.7 mi · 310
- Lincoln Middle0.7 mi · 402
- Lakeview K-8 Academy0.7 mi · 988
- Brass Community School0.9 mi · 462
- Vernon Elementary1.2 mi · 249
- Ruth Harman Academy1.2 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Southport ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Southport Elementary?
Southport Elementary enrolls approximately 438 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Southport Elementary serve?
Southport Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southport Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southport Elementary is approximately 13.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Southport Elementary?
Student demographics at Southport Elementary are roughly 39% White, 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Southport Elementary?
Southport Elementary is overseen by Kenosha School District in Kenosha County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.