Theresa Elementary
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 29% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 225% larger than its 4th grade class (20).
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 78.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.5% | 72.2% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
Schools most like Theresa Elementary
Theresa Elementary's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theresa Elementary this school | 221 | 35.3% | 72.8% |
| Belmont Elementary Belmont | 213 | 34.7% | 54.9% |
| Lomira Elementary Lomira | 241 | 34.4% | 58.8% |
| Sevastopol Elementary Sturgeon Bay | 230 | 35.2% | 83.5% |
| Patch Elementary Omro | 215 | 33.0% | N/A |
| Randolph Elementary Randolph | 195 | 34.4% | 68.0% |
Where Theresa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dodge County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #133 of 982 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #80 of 992 ▲ 106 | #3 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #238 of 992 ▼ 57 | #4 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #847 of 1,157 | #10 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #632 of 901 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.5% | #652 of 901 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #649 of 1,064 | #11 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #627 of 664 | #10 of 10 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 221 | 15.4 | 14.4:1 | 35% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 13.4 | 14.8:1 | 39% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 223 | 14.9 | 15.0:1 | 36% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 12 | 20.8:1 | 36% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 226 | 11.6 | 19.5:1 | 33% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 184 | 10 | 18.4:1 | 36% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 260 | 15 | 17.3:1 | 27% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 208 | 13 | 16.0:1 | 10% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 164 | 6 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (226 to 221); teachers up 32% (11.6 to 15.4).
About Theresa Elementary
A small elementary school in Theresa, Wisconsin, Theresa Elementary is part of Lomira School District. Enrollment totals 221 students across pre-K through 4. The school is 32% below the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Theresa Elementary falls under Lomira School District, which has 4 schools enrolling 985 students.
Roughly 86% of students at Theresa Elementary are White. The remaining students are 11% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Dodge County residents are about 88% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Theresa Elementary is 26%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 15.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 14.7:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 35%.
Theresa Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 93% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Theresa Elementary beats its 56.0% prediction with 72.8%, a top-10% result in Wisconsin.
For the population of Dodge County, the median household earns about $75,929 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Dodge County, 39 public schools serve about 10,450 students.
Measured in a straight line, Mayville Elementary is about 5.1 miles from Theresa Elementary. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Theresa Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Federal data place Theresa Elementary in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 29 students, from 250 to 221. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.8:1 to 14.4:1.
Theresa Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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