Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary

Located at 1415 Fairplay St, in Hazel Green, Wisconsin, Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that works with 281 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Southwestern Wisconsin School District.

Southwestern Wisconsin School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 528 students. Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary logs that nearly all students (96%) are White. The remainder looks like 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Grant County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Grant County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.0%; this one delivers 60.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Grant County) reports that median household income runs about $66,858, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary is one of 32 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 6,838 students).

Nearest neighbor: Southwestern Wisconsin High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 60.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 340 students in 2018 compared to 281 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.