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What's the biggest difference between Wheatland Center Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
644
Elementary
STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHEATLAND J1 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551656002163
Wheatland Center Elementary
6606 368th Ave, Burlington, WI 53105 · (262) 537-2216 · Kenosha County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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
15.6:1
41 FTE teachers
STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
213 students
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 | 61 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (63).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
60.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
60.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 60.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.2% | 60.2% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Wheatland Center Elementary
Wheatland Center Elementary's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland Center Elementary this school | 644 | 33.1% | 61.5% |
| Ellsworth Elementary Ellsworth | 734 | 32.8% | 57.7% |
| New Richmond Hillside Elementary New Richmond | 570 | 35.1% | 54.7% |
| Greenfield Elementary Baldwin | 770 | 30.5% | 61.9% |
| Northwestern Elementary Poplar | 515 | 31.8% | 59.7% |
| Altoona Elementary Altoona | 555 | 33.5% | 57.6% |
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 Wheatland Center Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Kenosha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #371 of 982 | #10 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #385 of 992 ▲ 40 | #8 of 34 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #327 of 992 ▼ 57 | #10 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #39 of 1,157 | #4 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #734 of 901 | #30 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #804 of 901 | #32 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #688 of 1,064 | #25 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.6% | #28 of 240 | #2 of 13 |
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
644
+71 (+12%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
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 | 644 | 41.4 | 15.6:1 | 33% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 35% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 39.8 | 15.4:1 | 33% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 36% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 33.2 | 15.0:1 | 40% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 42% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 43% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 42 | 12.3:1 | 18% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 31 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wheatland Center Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (497 to 644); teachers up 25% (33.2 to 41.4).
About Wheatland Center Elementary
In Burlington, Wisconsin, Wheatland Center Elementary is a large elementary school. The school had 644 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
Wheatland Center Elementary reports to Wheatland J1 School District.
White students are the large majority at Wheatland Center Elementary, with 91% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Kenosha County, the White share is about 75%. Wheatland Center Elementary has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. That ratio is over the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Wheatland Center Elementary is 33%. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Kenosha County is 15 points.
allk12 grades Wheatland Center Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Wheatland Center Elementary is 4.1 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 61.5% actual, 57.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Among Kenosha County residents, median household income is about $81,239, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Wheatland Center Elementary is one of 56 public schools in Kenosha County, which together enroll about 27,114 students.
Randall Consolidated School is located about 1.9 miles from Wheatland Center Elementary. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Wheatland Center Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Wheatland Center Elementary is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 573 in 2020-21 and 644 in 2024-25, a increase of 71 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Wheatland Center Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Kenosha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
168,438
Census ACS
Median income
$81,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
27,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burlington
- Burlington High SchoolHigh · 880 students
- Karcher Middle SchoolMiddle · 779 students
- Randall Consolidated SchoolElementary · 560 students
- Dyer ElementaryElementary · 395 students
- Waller ElementaryElementary · 247 students
- Cooper MontessoriElementary · 225 students
Nearby schools
- Randall Consolidated School1.9 mi · 560
- Learning by Design Academy3.7 mi · 4
- Lakewood Elementary3.7 mi · 263
- Winkler Elementary4.5 mi · 207
- Riverview Elementary4.7 mi · 449
- Brookwood Middle5.5 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Wheatland Center ElementaryHow many students attend Wheatland Center Elementary?
Wheatland Center Elementary enrolls approximately 644 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Wheatland Center Elementary serve?
Wheatland Center Elementary serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Wheatland Center Elementary have?
Wheatland Center Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Wheatland Center Elementary?
Student demographics at Wheatland Center Elementary are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Wheatland Center Elementary in?
Wheatland Center Elementary is part of Wheatland J1 School District.
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