Enrollment
331
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERFORD GRADED J1 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551566002509
Trailside Elementary
615 N Milwaukee St, Waterford, WI 53185 · (262) 514-8220 · Racine County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
107 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 28 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Trailside Elementary→Fox River Middle
Based on grade levels within Waterford Graded J1 School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -11.2pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -12.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 73.2% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Trailside Elementary
Trailside Elementary's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trailside Elementary this school | 331 | 32.3% | 61.3% |
| Eleva-Strum Elementary Strum | 325 | 34.5% | 61.0% |
| West Elementary Milton | 322 | 35.1% | 58.2% |
| Washington Elementary Marshfield | 316 | 32.9% | 65.2% |
| New Richmond Paperjack Elementary New Richmond | 333 | 33.6% | 70.8% |
| Bonduel Elementary Bonduel | 288 | 34.4% | 62.9% |
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 Trailside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #380 of 982 | #13 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #375 of 992 ▼ 206 | #13 of 32 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #459 of 992 ▼ 213 | #14 of 32 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #520 of 1,157 | #23 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #478 of 901 | #11 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.6% | #710 of 901 | #25 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #704 of 1,064 | #23 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.4% | #38 of 240 | #5 of 12 |
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
331
+53 (+19%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 331 | 24.8 | 13.4:1 | 32% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 27.3 | 12.1:1 | 33% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 24.1 | 14.0:1 | 29% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 24 | 11.6:1 | 33% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 264 | 21 | 12.6:1 | 23% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 20 | 15.9:1 | 29% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 28% (107) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trailside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (264 to 331); teachers up 18% (21 to 24.8).
About Trailside Elementary
Trailside Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Waterford Graded J1 School District, located in Waterford, Wisconsin. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 331 students.
District-wide, Waterford Graded J1 School District has 4 schools and 1,473 students.
Trailside Elementary's enrollment is 88% White. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 15 points above the 72% share among Racine County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Trailside Elementary counts 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.4 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin have 14.7:1, compared with 13.4:1 here. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Racine County is 48%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Trailside Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Trailside Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 57.8%. Trailside Elementary scores 61.3%, 3.5 points above that line.
Racine County has these Census figures: the median household income is $78,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Racine County has 54 public schools and roughly 25,901 students.
Waterford High is the public school closest to Trailside Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Trailside Elementary ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 61.3% against a local average of 68.5%.
Trailside Elementary has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
Trailside Elementary's enrollment climbed from 278 in 2020-21 to 331 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.4:1, from 11.6:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Trailside Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Racine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,532
Census ACS
Median income
$78,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
25,901 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waterford Graded J1 School District
- Fox River MiddleMiddle · 510 students
- Woodfield ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 310 students
Other schools in Waterford
- Waterford HighHigh · 889 students
- Fox River MiddleMiddle · 510 students
- Woodfield ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 310 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 192 students
Other Trailside Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Trailside Elementary. Trailside Elementary is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Trailside ElementaryVINEYARD, UT · 1,052 students
- Trailside Elementary SchoolZionsville, IN · 547 students
- Trailside Elementary SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 429 students
- Trailside ElementaryAnchorage, AK · 364 students
Nearby schools
- Waterford High1.1 mi · 889
- Evergreen Elementary1.2 mi · 310
- Fox River Middle1.3 mi · 510
- Woodfield Elementary1.5 mi · 322
- Lakeview Elementary3.9 mi · 290
- Washington Elementary4.7 mi · 192
Frequently asked questions
About Trailside ElementaryHow large is Trailside Elementary?
Trailside Elementary enrolls approximately 331 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Trailside Elementary serve?
Trailside Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Trailside Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Trailside Elementary.
How diverse is Trailside Elementary?
Trailside Elementary reports a student body of 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Trailside Elementary public or private?
Trailside Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Waterford Graded J1 School District.
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