Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 176 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550630000695
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary
1415 Fairplay St, Hazel Green, WI 53811 · (608) 854-2261 · Grant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- C+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
11.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
81 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 39 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary→Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle→Southwestern Wisconsin High
Based on grade levels within Southwestern Wisconsin School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
63.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 63.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 65.0% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary this school | 281 | 28.8% | 60.7% |
| Rosholt Elementary Rosholt | 259 | 28.6% | 51.9% |
| Cuba City Elementary Cuba City | 288 | 30.9% | 54.7% |
| Spring Valley Elementary Spring Valley | 317 | 28.4% | 71.0% |
| Edgar Elementary Edgar | 255 | 29.4% | 57.3% |
| Stratford Elementary Stratford | 328 | 28.7% | 76.6% |
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 Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #397 of 982 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #320 of 992 ▲ 12 | #7 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #489 of 992 ▼ 99 | #8 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #677 of 1,157 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #147 of 901 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.2% | #891 of 901 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.8% | #755 of 1,064 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #271 of 664 | #3 of 8 |
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
281
+35 (+14%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 281 | 25.3 | 11.1:1 | 29% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 24.9 | 10.6:1 | 30% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 25.8 | 10.2:1 | 30% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 23 | 10.7:1 | 44% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 30.9 | 11.0:1 | 43% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 31 | 11.9:1 | 39% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 39% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 34 | 11.8:1 | 18% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 34 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (340 to 281); teachers down 18% (30.9 to 25.3).
About Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary serves students in Hazel Green, Wisconsin. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 281 students.
Southwestern Wisconsin School District counts 3 schools and 528 students, including Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary.
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary enrolls a student body that is 96% White. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic. For comparison, Grant County is about 94% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 8%.
Teacher staffing is 25.3 full-time equivalents, or about 11.1 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Wisconsin, the typical ratio is 14.7:1. About 29% of students, or 81, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 40% for public schools in Grant County.
allk12 grades Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 60.0% at Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Grant County, median household income is about $66,858, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary is among the 32 public schools in Grant County.
Nearest public school: Southwestern Wisconsin High, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 5. On average proficiency, Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 246 to 281.
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Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,770
Census ACS
Median income
$66,858
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
6,838 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southwestern Wisconsin School District
- Southwestern Wisconsin HighHigh · 151 students
- Southwestern Wisconsin Community MiddleMiddle · 96 students
Other schools in Hazel Green
- Southwestern Wisconsin HighHigh · 151 students
- Southwestern Wisconsin Community MiddleMiddle · 96 students
Nearby schools
- Southwestern Wisconsin High0.2 mi · 151
- Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle0.2 mi · 96
- Benton High3.7 mi · 61
- Benton Middle3.7 mi · 31
- Benton Elementary3.7 mi · 131
- Cuba City Middle5.1 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About Southwestern Wisconsin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary?
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary enrolls approximately 281 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary serve?
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary.
How diverse is Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary?
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary reports a student body of 96% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary?
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary is overseen by Southwestern Wisconsin School District in Grant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.