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What's something Southwood Glen Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550483000151
Southwood Glen Elementary
9090 S 35th St, Franklin, WI 53132 · (414) 761-1181 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
14.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
56 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 33 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Southwood Glen Elementary→Forest Park Middle
Based on grade levels within Franklin Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
70.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.8pp 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 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.3% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 68.0% |
% 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
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 Southwood Glen Elementary
Southwood Glen Elementary's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwood Glen Elementary this school | 370 | 15.1% | 70.0% |
| Country Dale Elementary Franklin | 437 | 20.1% | 67.9% |
| Van Hise Elementary Madison | 396 | 16.7% | 76.5% |
| Robinwood Elementary Franklin | 437 | 22.2% | 69.4% |
| Maple Avenue Elementary Sussex | 457 | 17.9% | 83.4% |
| Pleasant View Elementary Franklin | 422 | 24.6% | 68.7% |
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 Southwood Glen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #190 of 982 | #14 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #184 of 992 ▲ 84 | #15 of 174 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #134 of 992 ▲ 8 | #17 of 174 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #419 of 1,157 | #77 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #680 of 901 | #63 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #249 of 901 | #60 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #951 of 1,064 | #167 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #571 of 664 | #115 of 133 |
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
370
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 370 | 24.8 | 14.9:1 | 15% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 12% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 24.1 | 17.1:1 | 12% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 16% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 21.9 | 17.8:1 | 11% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 9% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 10% (41) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwood Glen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (389 to 370); teachers up 13% (21.9 to 24.8).
About Southwood Glen Elementary
Southwood Glen Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Franklin, Wisconsin. The student body numbers 370 students, from pre-K through 5.
Franklin Public School District (8 schools, 4,666 students) runs Southwood Glen Elementary.
Southwood Glen Elementary is 62% White by enrollment. Other students are 16% Asian, 13% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County residents are about 51% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Southwood Glen Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.9:1. That is close to the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The lunch program counts 15% of students at Southwood Glen Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
The allk12 Grade for Southwood Glen Elementary is B. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 63% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Southwood Glen Elementary, the prediction is 68.4% and the result is 70.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Milwaukee County show that the median household income is $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Southwood Glen Elementary is one of 284 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Franklin High is the closest, at about 1.5 miles. Southwood Glen Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 70.0% average proficiency ranks 1st among 7 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 384 in 2020-21 to 370 in 2024-25.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Public School District
- Franklin HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Forest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,056 students
- Country Dale ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Robinwood ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Pleasant View ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryElementary · 308 students
Other schools in Franklin
- Franklin HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Forest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,056 students
- Country Dale ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Robinwood ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Pleasant View ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryElementary · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin High1.5 mi · 1,605
- Oak Creek West Middle1.7 mi · 531
- Forest Ridge Elementary2.0 mi · 435
- Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center2.1 mi · 31
- Pleasant View Elementary2.2 mi · 422
- Early Learning Academy2.5 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Southwood Glen ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Southwood Glen Elementary?
Southwood Glen Elementary enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Southwood Glen Elementary serve?
Southwood Glen Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southwood Glen Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southwood Glen Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Southwood Glen Elementary?
Student demographics at Southwood Glen Elementary are roughly 62% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Southwood Glen Elementary?
Southwood Glen Elementary is overseen by Franklin Public School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.