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Alumni: what's one memory from Yorkville Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORKVILLE J2 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551722002230
Yorkville Elementary
18621 Washington Ave, Union Grove, WI 53182 · (262) 878-3759 · Racine County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- 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
14.4:1
32 FTE teachers
STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
118 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 | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 34% smaller than its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
32%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
64.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
71.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.3% | 71.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 74.3% |
% 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
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 Yorkville Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkville Elementary this school | 465 | 25.4% | 69.9% |
| Fox Prairie Elementary Stoughton | 443 | 24.4% | 67.3% |
| Bridges Elementary Prairie du Sac | 458 | 24.0% | N/A |
| Dr H B Tanner Elementary Kaukauna | 466 | 25.1% | N/A |
| Levi Leonard Elementary Evansville | 424 | 24.3% | N/A |
| Susie C Altmayer Elementary De Pere | 525 | 24.2% | 78.9% |
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 Yorkville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #192 of 982 | #3 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #176 of 992 ▼ 28 | #2 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #252 of 992 ▲ 10 | #6 of 32 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #203 of 1,157 | #12 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #639 of 901 | #18 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #538 of 901 | #23 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #807 of 1,064 | #26 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #234 of 240 | #12 of 12 |
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
465
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 465 | 32.2 | 14.4:1 | 25% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 32.1 | 14.8:1 | 24% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 32.5 | 14.2:1 | 21% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 30.6 | 15.1:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 13% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 25 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 21 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yorkville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (463 to 465); teachers up 5% (30.6 to 32.2).
About Yorkville Elementary
Yorkville Elementary sits in Union Grove, Wisconsin, and is classified as an elementary school. It reported 465 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have about 323 students on average; enrollment here is 44% higher.
Yorkville Elementary is administered by Yorkville J2 School District.
Yorkville Elementary is 82% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. In Racine County overall, about 72% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Yorkville Elementary scores 32%.
A staff of 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.4:1. That is in line with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. By family income, 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Racine County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Yorkville Elementary outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 62.1%. Yorkville Elementary scores 69.9%.
In Racine County, the median household earns about $78,096 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Racine County, 54 public schools serve about 25,901 students.
Yorkville Elementary's closest public school neighbor is North Cape Elementary, about 2.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Yorkville Elementary holds 4 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Yorkville Elementary at 3rd of 8.
NCES describes the area around Yorkville Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count increased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Racine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,532
Census ACS
Median income
$78,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
25,901 students
Quick facts
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Other Yorkville Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Yorkville Elementary. Yorkville Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Yorkville ElementaryYorkville, TN · 144 students
Nearby schools
- North Cape Elementary2.9 mi · 194
- Union Grove High3.4 mi · 1,032
- Raymond Elementary4.2 mi · 385
- Union Grove Elementary4.5 mi · 886
- Kansasville Elementary5.2 mi · 81
- Drought Elementary6.3 mi · 109
Frequently asked questions
About Yorkville ElementaryHow large is Yorkville Elementary?
Yorkville Elementary enrolls approximately 465 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Yorkville Elementary serve?
Yorkville Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Yorkville Elementary?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Yorkville Elementary.
How diverse is Yorkville Elementary?
Yorkville Elementary reports a student body of 82% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Yorkville Elementary?
Yorkville Elementary is overseen by Yorkville J2 School District in Racine County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.