Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDARBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550246002403
Westlawn Elementary
W64N319 Madison Ave, Cedarburg, WI 53012 · (262) 376-6900 · Ozaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% 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.
- ABeats 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
14.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
44 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 | 24 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
19%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
82.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
79.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 79.1% |
| 2023-24 | 84.4% | 84.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 69% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Westlawn Elementary
Westlawn Elementary's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlawn Elementary this school | 297 | 14.8% | 82.4% |
| South Elementary Hartland | 332 | 15.4% | 74.5% |
| North Hudson Elementary Hudson | 276 | 14.9% | 71.3% |
| Northview Elementary Howards Grove | 336 | 15.8% | 73.3% |
| Lakeview Elementary Neenah | 317 | 14.8% | 80.4% |
| Lakeview Elementary Wind Lake | 290 | 15.5% | 79.0% |
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 Westlawn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Ozaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #24 of 982 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #69 of 992 ▼ 34 | #6 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #21 of 992 ▼ 10 | #3 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #625 of 1,157 | #12 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #674 of 901 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #759 of 901 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.8% | #958 of 1,064 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #433 of 664 | N/A |
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
297
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 178
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 297 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 15% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 21.1 | 13.8:1 | 16% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 20.3 | 14.4:1 | 19% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 17% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 11% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 304 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 16% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 318 | 20 | 15.9:1 | 14% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 2% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 178 | 12 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westlawn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (332 to 297); teachers down 9% (22 to 20).
About Westlawn Elementary
Students in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, attend Westlawn Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 297 students.
Cedarburg School District has 3,108 students spread across 6 schools.
Westlawn Elementary is 90% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Ozaukee County, where about 90% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westlawn Elementary is 14.8:1, based on 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Ozaukee County is close, at 16%.
Westlawn Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 68.5%. Westlawn Elementary posts 82.4%, 13.9 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Ozaukee County, median household income comes to about $96,996, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Ozaukee County counts 26 public schools with about 12,422 students.
Measured in a straight line, Cedarburg High is about 0.8 miles from Westlawn Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Westlawn Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 297, starting from 302. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.9:1 in 2020-21, and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Thorson ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Early ChildhoodElementary · 13 students
Other schools in Cedarburg
- Cedarburg HighHigh · 1,073 students
- Webster MiddleMiddle · 692 students
- Thorson ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Early ChildhoodElementary · 13 students
Other Westlawn Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Westlawn Elementary. Westlawn Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Westlawn ElementaryFalls Church, VA · 789 students
- Westlawn Elementary SchoolTEXARKANA, TX · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Cedarburg High0.8 mi · 1,073
- Webster Middle0.9 mi · 692
- Parkview Elementary1.4 mi · 504
- Early Childhood1.4 mi · 13
- Thorson Elementary1.8 mi · 529
- Kennedy Elementary2.6 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About Westlawn ElementaryHow many students attend Westlawn Elementary?
Westlawn Elementary enrolls approximately 297 students in grades PK-05.
Is Westlawn Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westlawn Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Westlawn Elementary have?
Westlawn Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westlawn Elementary?
At Westlawn Elementary, the student body is approximately 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Westlawn Elementary?
Westlawn Elementary is overseen by Cedarburg School District in Ozaukee County.
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