Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE GENEVA J1 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550762000883
Star Center Elementary
W1380 Lake Geneva Hwy, Lake Geneva, WI 53147 · (262) 348-7000 · Walworth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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.
- B+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
11.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
153 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 47 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Star Center Elementary→Lake Geneva Middle
Based on grade levels within Lake Geneva J1 School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 down about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Star Center Elementary
Star Center Elementary's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Center Elementary this school | 339 | 45.1% | 59.6% |
| Chilton Elementary Chilton | 375 | 42.7% | 58.6% |
| Prairie View Elementary Beaver Dam | 337 | 42.1% | 75.5% |
| Horicon Elementary School Horicon | 372 | 46.5% | 72.8% |
| Parkside Elementary Monroe | 342 | 50.0% | 57.4% |
| Barlow Park Elementary School Ripon | 398 | 44.7% | N/A |
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 Star Center Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Walworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #420 of 982 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #404 of 992 ▼ 53 | #12 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #474 of 992 ▲ 27 | #12 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #487 of 1,157 | #8 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #192 of 901 | #6 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #500 of 901 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #495 of 1,064 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #429 of 664 | #14 of 17 |
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
339
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
+99% since 1990-91, when it was 170
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 339 | 29.5 | 11.5:1 | 45% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 29.3 | 11.6:1 | 50% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 31.4 | 11.8:1 | 48% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 32 | 11.0:1 | 51% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 34.3 | 11.1:1 | 44% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 42% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 55% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 133 | 7 | 19.0:1 | 35% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 170 | 6 | 28.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Star Center Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (380 to 339); teachers down 14% (34.3 to 29.5).
About Star Center Elementary
Students in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, attend Star Center Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 339 students in pre-K through 5.
Lake Geneva J1 School District runs Star Center Elementary along with 4 other schools, enrolling 1,683 students in total.
White students are the majority at Star Center Elementary, with 78% of enrollment. The school is also 21% Hispanic. Star Center Elementary's diversity index is 35%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 29.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin have 14.7:1, compared with 11.5:1 here. Around 45% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Star Center Elementary is B. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 64% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Star Center Elementary is 9.7 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 59.6% actual, 50.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Walworth County has these Census figures: the median household income is $80,520, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Walworth County is home to 46 public schools and about 14,383 public school students.
Maple Park Charter School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Star Center Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Star Center Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, Star Center Elementary's enrollment declined 3%, to 339.
The Star Center Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Walworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,657
Census ACS
Median income
$80,520
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
14,383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Geneva J1 School District
- Lake Geneva MiddleMiddle · 551 students
- Central - Denison ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Eastview ElementaryElementary · 257 students
- Maple Park Charter SchoolElementary · 14 students
Other schools in Lake Geneva
- Badger HighHigh · 1,240 students
- Lake Geneva MiddleMiddle · 551 students
- Central - Denison ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Eastview ElementaryElementary · 257 students
- Reek ElementaryElementary · 176 students
- Woods ElementaryElementary · 148 students
Nearby schools
- Maple Park Charter School0.0 mi · 14
- Lake Geneva Middle3.0 mi · 551
- New Visions Charter School3.2 mi · 31
- Badger High3.2 mi · 1,240
- Brookwood Middle3.5 mi · 213
- Brookwood Elementary3.7 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About Star Center ElementaryHow many students attend Star Center Elementary?
Star Center Elementary enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Star Center Elementary serve?
Star Center Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Star Center Elementary have?
Star Center Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Star Center Elementary?
Student demographics at Star Center Elementary are roughly 78% White, 21% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Star Center Elementary in?
Star Center Elementary is part of Lake Geneva J1 School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.