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What tradition at Swanson Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
778
Elementary
DISTRICT 707 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMBROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550177001217
Swanson Elementary
305 N Calhoun Rd, Brookfield, WI 53005 · (262) 789-2540 · Waukesha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL778 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
102 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 | 82 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
79.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.1% | 79.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 79.2% |
% 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
78.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Swanson Elementary
Swanson Elementary's state test result (78.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swanson Elementary this school | 778 | 13.1% | 78.5% |
| Burleigh Elementary Brookfield | 927 | 10.7% | 78.6% |
| Marcy Elementary Menomonee Falls | 488 | 11.1% | 84.3% |
| Maple Avenue Elementary Sussex | 457 | 17.9% | 83.4% |
| Classical School Appleton | 487 | 16.2% | 75.6% |
| Olson Elementary Verona | 462 | 23.2% | 62.1% |
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 Swanson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #48 of 982 | #18 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #64 of 992 ▲ 21 | #19 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #41 of 992 ▲ 25 | #11 of 56 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 778 | #17 of 1,157 | #3 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #725 of 901 | #48 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #197 of 901 | #6 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.1% | #979 of 1,064 | #33 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #661 of 664 | #27 of 27 |
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
778
+26 (+3%) vs 2020
+25% since 2000-01, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 778 | 50.4 | 15.4:1 | 13% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 806 | 52.3 | 15.4:1 | 13% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 823 | 52.6 | 15.7:1 | 10% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 752 | 51 | 14.8:1 | 15% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 48.2 | 16.2:1 | 10% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 794 | 47 | 16.9:1 | 11% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 5% (31) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swanson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (780 to 778); teachers up 5% (48.2 to 50.4).
About Swanson Elementary
Swanson Elementary is an elementary school in Brookfield, Wisconsin, and it is part of Elmbrook School District. The school enrolls 778 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average enrollment is about 323.
The district for Swanson Elementary is Elmbrook School District, with 10 schools and 7,845 students.
The largest group at Swanson Elementary is White students, at 58%. Enrollment also includes 18% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among people living in Waukesha County, the White share is about 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Swanson Elementary scores 61%.
Swanson Elementary reports a ratio of 15.4 students per teacher, from 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 0.7 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Swanson Elementary, 13% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Swanson Elementary would be expected to post about 69.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 78.5%.
The school is in Waukesha County, where median household income comes to about $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Waukesha County counts 113 public schools with about 60,032 students.
Swanson Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Wisconsin Hills Middle, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Swanson Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 74.4% on proficiency, and Swanson Elementary is above that at 78.5%.
The NCES locale for Swanson Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 778 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 752.
The Swanson Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmbrook School District
- Brookfield East HighHigh · 1,374 students
- Brookfield Central HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Burleigh ElementaryElementary · 927 students
- Pilgrim Park MiddleMiddle · 898 students
- Wisconsin Hills MiddleMiddle · 812 students
- Dixon ElementaryElementary · 658 students
Other schools in Brookfield
- Brookfield East HighHigh · 1,374 students
- Brookfield Central HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Burleigh ElementaryElementary · 927 students
- Wisconsin Hills MiddleMiddle · 812 students
- Dixon ElementaryElementary · 658 students
- Brookfield ElementaryElementary · 641 students
Other Swanson Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Swanson Elementary. Swanson Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Swanson ElementaryPalmer, AK · 348 students
- Swanson Elementary SchoolARVADA, CO · 283 students
Nearby schools
- Wisconsin Hills Middle0.9 mi · 812
- Brookfield Central High1.5 mi · 1,215
- Pilgrim Park Middle1.6 mi · 898
- Brookfield Elementary2.3 mi · 641
- Dixon Elementary2.3 mi · 658
- Orchard Lane Elementary2.7 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Swanson ElementaryHow many students attend Swanson Elementary?
Swanson Elementary enrolls approximately 778 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Swanson Elementary serve?
Swanson Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Swanson Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Swanson Elementary.
How diverse is Swanson Elementary?
Swanson Elementary reports a student body of 58% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 18% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Swanson Elementary public or private?
Swanson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elmbrook School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.