Summit View Elementary

Summit View Elementary is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Waukesha, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Waukesha School District, hosting 449 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 323.

Summit View Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Waukesha School District, a district that hosts 10,922 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Summit View Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Waukesha County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Summit View Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Waukesha County's rate of about 17%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Summit View Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.6%; this one delivers 69.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Waukesha County put the typical household earns roughly $106,076 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Waukesha County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), of which Summit View Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: North High, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Summit View Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 24%: 592 students in 2018 compared to 449 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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