Trailside Elementary

Set in Waterford, Wisconsin, Trailside Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, one of the schools within Waterford Graded J1 School District. It enrolls 331 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Waterford Graded J1 School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,473 students; Trailside Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Trailside Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder reads as 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Racine County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Trailside Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Racine County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Trailside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Racine County put median household income runs about $78,096, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Racine County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students), of which Trailside Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Waterford High, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Trailside Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.5%.

Trailside Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Trailside Elementary's enrollment has climbed 25% since 2018, when it stood at 264 (now 331).

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