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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIEL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550744002333
Zielanis Elementary
1010 Adams St, Kiel, WI 53042 · (920) 894-2265 · Manitowoc County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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
13.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
97 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 5% smaller than its 4th grade class (78).
Student demographics
17%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 Kiel Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.2% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 65.3% |
% 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Zielanis Elementary
Zielanis Elementary's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zielanis Elementary this school | 412 | 23.5% | 67.8% |
| Tibbets Elementary Elkhorn | 431 | 23.9% | 80.7% |
| Poynette Elementary Poynette | 416 | 22.6% | 68.1% |
| Deerfield Elementary Deerfield | 409 | 22.7% | 58.9% |
| Cambridge Elementary Cambridge | 399 | 22.1% | 65.8% |
| Grand Avenue Elementary Prairie du Sac | 396 | 23.2% | 60.2% |
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 Zielanis Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Manitowoc County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #237 of 982 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #410 of 992 ▼ 85 | #2 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #191 of 992 ▲ 17 | #1 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #318 of 1,157 | #2 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #444 of 901 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #802 of 901 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.5% | #836 of 1,064 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #422 of 664 | #8 of 9 |
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
412
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 412 | 31.3 | 13.2:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 31.3 | 13.6:1 | 29% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 30.3 | 14.8:1 | 28% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 24% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 28.8 | 16.1:1 | 20% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 22% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 24% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 8% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 381 | 21 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zielanis Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (463 to 412); teachers up 9% (28.8 to 31.3).
About Zielanis Elementary
Zielanis Elementary is a public elementary school in Kiel, Wisconsin. Classes run from pre-K through 4, and the school has 412 students. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323 students, so this school is 28% above average.
Kiel Area School District operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,299 students.
Zielanis Elementary enrolls a student body that is 91% White. The school is also 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Manitowoc County is about 88% White. By the diversity index, Zielanis Elementary comes in at 17%.
Its 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.2:1. That ratio is under the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 24%. That is lower than the 40% average for public schools in Manitowoc County.
allk12 grades Zielanis 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, Zielanis Elementary is 4.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 67.8% actual, 63.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Manitowoc County has these Census figures: median household income is about $69,148, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Manitowoc County number 30 and enroll about 10,090.
The shortest distance from Zielanis Elementary to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Between the Lakes Virtual Academy. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Zielanis Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Zielanis Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 7%, from 386 to 412. The school's ratio fell from 14.3:1 to 13.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Manitowoc County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,406
Census ACS
Median income
$69,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
10,090 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kiel Area School District
- Kiel HighHigh · 375 students
- Kiel MiddleMiddle · 338 students
- Between the Lakes Virtual AcademyElementary · 111 students
- Kiel eSchoolHigh · 63 students
Other schools in Kiel
- Kiel HighHigh · 375 students
- Kiel MiddleMiddle · 338 students
- Between the Lakes Virtual AcademyElementary · 111 students
- Kiel eSchoolHigh · 63 students
Nearby schools
- Between the Lakes Virtual Academy0.4 mi · 111
- Kiel eSchool0.4 mi · 63
- Kiel Middle0.5 mi · 338
- Kiel High0.5 mi · 375
- New Holstein Elementary4.2 mi · 437
- New Holstein High4.3 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About Zielanis ElementaryHow large is Zielanis Elementary?
Zielanis Elementary enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-04.
Is Zielanis Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Zielanis Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Zielanis Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Zielanis Elementary is approximately 13.2:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Zielanis Elementary?
Zielanis Elementary reports a student body of 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Zielanis Elementary public or private?
Zielanis Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kiel Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.