Swanson Elementary

Swanson Elementary is one of the well-populated K-5 schools in Brookfield, Wisconsin, operated by Elmbrook School District, with 778 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 141% above the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Elmbrook School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 7,845 students. Swanson Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Swanson Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder is composed of 18% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Waukesha County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Swanson Elementary lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Swanson Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Swanson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Waukesha County indicate median household income runs about $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Swanson Elementary is one of 113 public schools in Waukesha County (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students).

The closest other public school is Wisconsin Hills Middle, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Swanson Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.4%.

Swanson Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Swanson Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 780 students in 2018 to 778 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 26% to 18%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Swanson Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.