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Which teacher or staff member at West Side Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKHORN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550429000462
West Side Elementary
222 Sunset Dr, Elkhorn, WI 53121 · (262) 723-3297 · Walworth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
12.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
149 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
64.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 57.8% |
% 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
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 West Side Elementary
West Side Elementary's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Side Elementary this school | 406 | 36.7% | 63.4% |
| Brillion Elementary Brillion | 426 | 35.4% | 66.6% |
| Pineview Elementary Reedsburg | 390 | 37.2% | N/A |
| Columbus Elementary Columbus | 425 | 34.8% | 57.0% |
| McLane Elementary West Bend | 340 | 35.3% | 74.1% |
| Dyer Elementary Burlington | 395 | 39.2% | 63.5% |
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 West Side Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Walworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #326 of 982 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #311 of 992 ▲ 172 | #9 of 20 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #286 of 992 ▲ 182 | #10 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #334 of 1,157 | #5 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #284 of 901 | #10 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.3% | #495 of 901 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #625 of 1,064 | #11 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #108 of 664 | #3 of 17 |
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
406
-27 (-6%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 406 | 33.8 | 12.0:1 | 37% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 36.3 | 11.9:1 | 39% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 31.3 | 14.5:1 | 40% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 40% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 30.2 | 18.5:1 | 36% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 40% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 37% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 11% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 27 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Side Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (560 to 406); teachers up 12% (30.2 to 33.8).
About West Side Elementary
In Elkhorn, Wisconsin, part of Walworth County, West Side Elementary is an elementary school. A federal count lists 406 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
West Side Elementary is one school in a 7-school district, Elkhorn Area School District, which enrolls 3,515 students.
White students account for 79% of enrollment at West Side Elementary. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By the diversity index, West Side Elementary comes in at 35%.
A ratio of 12.0:1 comes from the school's 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 37% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Walworth County, the average is about the same, 37%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, West Side 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.
After adjusting for student poverty, West Side Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.4%; the prediction is 55.1%.
Across Walworth County, median household income is about $80,520, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. West Side Elementary is among the 46 public schools in Walworth County.
Nearby, Elkhorn Options Virtual School is about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 6. Compared with its nearest neighbors, West Side Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
Federal data place West Side Elementary in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 406, 6% below the 433 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.9:1 to 12.0:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Walworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,657
Census ACS
Median income
$80,520
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
14,383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkhorn Area School District
- Elkhorn Area HighHigh · 953 students
- Elkhorn Area MiddleMiddle · 659 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 485 students
- Tibbets ElementaryElementary · 431 students
- Elkhorn Options Virtual SchoolCombined · 335 students
- Career and College AcademyHigh · 246 students
Other schools in Elkhorn
- Elkhorn Area HighHigh · 953 students
- Elkhorn Area MiddleMiddle · 659 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 485 students
- Tibbets ElementaryElementary · 431 students
- Elkhorn Options Virtual SchoolCombined · 335 students
- Career and College AcademyHigh · 246 students
Other West Side Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named West Side Elementary. West Side Elementary is the 4th largest of the 14.
- West Side ElementaryMauston, WI · 256 students
- West Side ElementaryReedsburg, WI · 198 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 556 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolRossville, GA · 471 students
- West Side ElementaryPicayune, MS · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Elkhorn Options Virtual School0.4 mi · 335
- Jackson Elementary0.8 mi · 485
- Elkhorn Area High1.1 mi · 953
- Elkhorn Area Middle1.2 mi · 659
- Career and College Academy1.7 mi · 246
- Tibbets Elementary4.4 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About West Side ElementaryHow many students attend West Side Elementary?
West Side Elementary enrolls approximately 406 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does West Side Elementary serve?
West Side Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Side Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Side Elementary is approximately 12.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Side Elementary?
At West Side Elementary, the student body is approximately 79% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees West Side Elementary?
West Side Elementary is overseen by Elkhorn Area School District in Walworth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.