Vernon Elementary

Vernon Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary campus in Kenosha, Wisconsin, part of Kenosha School District, instructs 249 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Vernon Elementary sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.

Kenosha School District runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 20,297 students. Vernon Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Vernon Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 33% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Kenosha County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Vernon Elementary logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kenosha County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Vernon Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kenosha County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,239, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Kenosha County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,114 students), Vernon Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ruth Harman Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vernon Elementary. On composite proficiency, Vernon Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Vernon Elementary's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 294 (now 249). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 44% to 36%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2024.

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