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What tradition at Thorson Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDARBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550246000272
Thorson Elementary
W51N932 Keup Rd, Cedarburg, WI 53012 · (262) 376-6700 · Ozaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
35 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 | 43 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Based on grade levels within Cedarburg School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
83.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
85.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.4% | 85.3% |
| 2023-24 | 83.6% | 85.8% |
% 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
84.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Thorson Elementary
Thorson Elementary's state test result (84.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorson Elementary this school | 529 | 6.6% | 84.4% |
| Merton Primary Hartland | 526 | 5.7% | 82.7% |
| Sunnyside Elementary Sobieski | 497 | 9.3% | 63.9% |
| Parkview Elementary Cedarburg | 504 | 8.1% | 88.0% |
| Donges Bay Elementary Mequon | 539 | 7.1% | 75.6% |
| Hudson Prairie Elementary Hudson | 481 | 10.0% | 74.1% |
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 Thorson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Ozaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #9 of 982 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #23 of 992 ▼ 3 | #2 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #14 of 992 ▲ 2 | #2 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #113 of 1,157 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #763 of 901 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #844 of 901 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.6% | #1,035 of 1,064 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #113 of 240 | #5 of 8 |
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
529
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 529 | 33.3 | 15.9:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 35.2 | 15.7:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 35.5 | 15.4:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 28.2 | 17.3:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 24 | 16.2:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 6% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 27 | 17.8:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 21 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thorson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (489 to 529); teachers up 18% (28.2 to 33.3).
About Thorson Elementary
Thorson Elementary is one of the public schools in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. It is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school enrolls 529 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 64% above that mark.
Cedarburg School District is made up of 6 schools with 3,108 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Thorson Elementary, about 92 are White. Other students are 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Ozaukee County at about 90% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 14%.
Its staff includes 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is lower. Thorson Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 7%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Ozaukee County is 16%.
Thorson 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 96% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Thorson Elementary would be expected to post about 73.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 84.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Ozaukee County show that the median household earns about $96,996 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Ozaukee County has 26 public schools with about 12,422 students, including Thorson Elementary.
Kennedy Elementary, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Thorson Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Thorson Elementary the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's student count fell 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The discussion board for Thorson Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Ozaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,966
Census ACS
Median income
$96,996
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,422 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cedarburg School District
- Cedarburg HighHigh · 1,073 students
- Webster MiddleMiddle · 692 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Westlawn ElementaryElementary · 297 students
- Early ChildhoodElementary · 13 students
Other schools in Cedarburg
- Cedarburg HighHigh · 1,073 students
- Webster MiddleMiddle · 692 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Westlawn ElementaryElementary · 297 students
- Early ChildhoodElementary · 13 students
Nearby schools
- Kennedy Elementary1.0 mi · 507
- Early Childhood1.4 mi · 13
- Parkview Elementary1.4 mi · 504
- Cedarburg High1.4 mi · 1,073
- Webster Middle1.7 mi · 692
- John Long Middle1.7 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About Thorson ElementaryHow large is Thorson Elementary?
Thorson Elementary enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Thorson Elementary serve?
Thorson Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Thorson Elementary?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Thorson Elementary.
How diverse is Thorson Elementary?
Thorson Elementary reports a student body of 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Thorson Elementary?
Thorson Elementary is overseen by Cedarburg School District in Ozaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.