Enrollment
120
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDGERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550411000446
Yahara Elementary
8643 Raymond Rd, Edgerton, WI 53534 · (608) 884-4931 · Rock County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL120 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
30 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 20 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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 Edgerton School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
72.6%
WI avg 54.8% . +14.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.8% | 72.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 57.7% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Yahara Elementary
Yahara Elementary's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yahara Elementary this school | 120 | 25.0% | 61.6% |
| Coon Valley Elementary Coon Valley | 125 | 23.2% | 44.8% |
| Stoddard Elementary Stoddard | 105 | 23.8% | 63.0% |
| Merrimac Community Merrimac | 134 | 26.9% | 77.8% |
| Sugar Camp Elementary Rhinelander | 111 | 22.5% | 68.4% |
| Jim Falls Elementary Jim Falls | 117 | 27.4% | 57.2% |
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 Yahara Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Rock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #365 of 982 | #8 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #161 of 992 ▲ 325 | #5 of 27 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #446 of 992 ▲ 60 | #9 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 120 | #1,052 of 1,157 | #29 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.0% | #811 of 1,064 | #27 of 29 |
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
120
+26 (+28%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 114
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 120 | 7.2 | 16.8:1 | 25% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 121 | 7.2 | 16.9:1 | 33% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 118 | 8.2 | 14.5:1 | 27% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 94 | 6 | 15.7:1 | 24% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 100 | 7.3 | 13.7:1 | 30% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 110 | 7 | 15.7:1 | 35% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 144 | 9 | 16.0:1 | 28% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 95 | 6 | 15.8:1 | 12% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 114 | 6 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yahara Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (100 to 120); teachers down 2% (7.3 to 7.2).
About Yahara Elementary
Yahara Elementary runs as a very small elementary school in Edgerton, Wisconsin. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 120 students. It has 63% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
The district, Edgerton School District, operates 4 schools serving 1,935 students.
The share of students at Yahara Elementary who are White is 92%. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among people living in Rock County, the White share is about 82%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
Based on 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Yahara Elementary has a ratio of 16.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Yahara Elementary counts 25% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Rock County is 47%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Yahara Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 61.6% actual against 62.3% predicted.
Looking at the county, Rock County, the median household earns about $75,673 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Yahara Elementary, Rock County has 65 public schools.
Edgerton Middle, about 5.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within ten miles of Yahara Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Yahara Elementary places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's enrollment rose 28% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.8:1.
Yahara Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Rock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,350
Census ACS
Median income
$75,673
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
25,542 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edgerton School District
- Edgerton Community ElementaryElementary · 809 students
- Edgerton HighHigh · 593 students
- Edgerton MiddleMiddle · 413 students
Other schools in Edgerton
- Edgerton Community ElementaryElementary · 809 students
- Edgerton HighHigh · 593 students
- Edgerton MiddleMiddle · 413 students
Other Yahara Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Yahara Elementary. Yahara Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Yahara ElementaryDeForest, WI · 329 students
Nearby schools
- Edgerton Middle5.1 mi · 413
- Edgerton High5.2 mi · 593
- Edgerton Community Elementary5.3 mi · 809
- Consolidated Elementary6.6 mi · 82
- J C McKenna Middle7.5 mi · 362
- Levi Leonard Elementary7.8 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Yahara ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Yahara Elementary?
Yahara Elementary enrolls approximately 120 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Yahara Elementary serve?
Yahara Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Yahara Elementary have?
Yahara Elementary employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
How diverse is Yahara Elementary?
Yahara Elementary reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Yahara Elementary in?
Yahara Elementary is part of Edgerton School District.
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