Elm Dale Elementary

Summary:

Elm Dale Elementary is a public elementary school located in Greenfield, Wisconsin, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 484 students. The school is part of the Greenfield School District, which is ranked 312 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Elm Dale Elementary consistently outperforms the Greenfield School District and the state of Wisconsin in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Elm Dale's 3rd-grade students scored 66.67% proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 56.06% for the district and 52.07% for the state. The school's performance is particularly strong in Mathematics, with 3rd-grade students scoring 68.42% proficient or better, compared to 57.58% for the district and 56.58% for the state. Elm Dale's 4th-grade students also excel in Social Studies, with 70.91% proficient or better, compared to 58.79% for the district and 62.96% for the state. The school's performance among specific student subgroups, particularly English Language Learners (ELL) and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, is also noteworthy.

While Edgewood Elementary, another Greenfield School District school, shares similar academic performance with Elm Dale Elementary, schools in the Milwaukee School District, such as Whitman Elementary and Garland Elementary, located within 1.5 miles of Elm Dale, have significantly lower academic proficiency rates compared to Elm Dale and the state average. Additionally, Elm Dale Elementary has seen a steady increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 35.37% in 2020-2021 to 44.01% in 2022-2023.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 5300 S Honey Creek Dr
       Greenfield, WI  53221-3000


(414) 281-7100

District: Greenfield School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
475th of 1,061 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,214 Help


Students who attend Elm Dale Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Greenfield Middle
High:    Greenfield High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.6 Help
Number of students:  465

Racial breakdown:

White:
50.8%
Hispanic:
25.2%
Asian:
11.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  47.5% Help


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Compare Details Elm Dale Elementary ranks better than 55.2% of elementary schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks 2nd among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Greenfield School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.78. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Elm Dale Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Greenfield School District. Racial makeup is: White (50.8%), Hispanic (25.2%), Asian (11.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 47.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Greenfield School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Elm Dale Elementary is 12.6, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Greenfield School District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Elm Dale Elementary is $12,214, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Greenfield School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Elm Dale Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Elm Dale Elementary 475th of 1061 Wisconsin public elementary schools. (See Elm Dale Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Greenfield School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Greenfield School District 312th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Elm Dale Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Elm Dale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 64.45 258th 633 59.2%
2006 86.04 33rd 712 95.4%
2007 75.32 149th 689 78.4%
2008 75.59 171st 1021 83.3%
2009 68.18 317th 1030 69.2%
2010 68.33 313th 1045 70.0%
2011 66.59 332nd 1046 68.3%
2012 65.84 363rd 1045 65.3%
2013 62.64 385th 1053 63.4%
2014 76.12 175th 1061 83.5%
2015 60.88 459th 1076 57.3%
2016 54.42 528th 1075 50.9%
2017 67.62 335th 1071 68.7%
2018 67.00 322nd 1025 68.6%
2019 52.40 540th 1037 47.9%
2021 62.47 388th 1050 63.0%
2022 59.93 448th 1067 58.0%
2023 61.97 428th 1067 59.9%
2024 60.78 475th 1061 55.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Elm Dale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.34 18th 287 93.7%
2019 84.39 26th 275 90.5%
2021 71.76 37th 222 83.3%
2022 74.37 29th 248 88.3%
2023 91.41 11th 249 95.6%
2024 88.89 16th 269 94.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Elm Dale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.82 330th 721 54.2%
2019 42.65 392nd 742 47.2%
2021 18.10 683rd 746 8.4%
2022 18.93 666th 748 11.0%
2023 22.66 644th 770 16.4%
2024 32.26 554th 790 29.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Elm Dale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.05 132nd 854 84.5%
2019 64.18 235th 874 73.1%
2021 56.02 320th 847 62.2%
2022 61.68 281st 859 67.3%
2023 70.26 172nd 871 80.3%
2024 64.36 249th 866 71.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Elm Dale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.35 293rd 997 70.6%
2019 63.43 367th 1002 63.4%
2021 69.90 270th 1004 73.1%
2022 63.79 360th 1017 64.6%
2023 56.57 478th 1010 52.7%
2024 50.57 588th 1011 41.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Elm Dale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.04 372nd 997 62.7%
2019 43.33 646th 1002 35.5%
2021 53.95 508th 1003 49.4%
2022 55.80 467th 1017 54.1%
2023 64.89 349th 1011 65.5%
2024 68.13 325th 1012 67.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Elm Dale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.94 33rd 107 69.2%
2019 54.93 48th 122 60.7%
2022 77.88 28th 110 74.5%
2023 67.88 38th 116 67.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Elm Dale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.01 47th 271 82.7%
2019 73.82 47th 266 82.3%
2021 55.46 95th 274 65.3%
2022 50.37 129th 296 56.4%
2023 50.06 130th 290 55.2%
2024 61.36 102nd 331 69.2%
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Rank History for White students at Elm Dale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.63 262nd 686 61.8%
2019 43.09 443rd 718 38.3%
2021 60.96 253rd 699 63.8%
2022 54.83 324th 704 54.0%
2023 65.08 219th 715 69.4%
2024 55.80 329th 727 54.7%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Elm Dale Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 271 23 22 9 4 n/a n/a 0 329
1989 289 20 20 8 4 n/a n/a 0 341
1990 239 19 20 4 4 n/a n/a 0 286
1991 248 21 13 7 2 n/a n/a 0 291
1992 251 15 17 11 1 n/a n/a 0 295
1993 257 14 16 8 1 n/a n/a 0 296
1994 306 18 22 14 1 n/a n/a 0 361
1995 333 17 23 21 2 n/a n/a 0 396
1996 333 17 23 21 2 n/a n/a 0 396
1997 332 24 29 21 3 n/a n/a 0 409
1998 322 15 34 22 1 n/a n/a 0 394
1999 306 17 34 26 5 n/a n/a 0 388
2000 308 18 31 23 6 n/a n/a 0 386
2001 293 20 26 31 5 n/a n/a 0 375
2002 327 22 27 39 4 n/a n/a 0 419
2003 327 22 27 39 4 n/a n/a 0 419
2004 319 28 38 42 6 n/a n/a 0 433
2005 317 26 38 42 9 n/a n/a 0 432
2006 308 31 36 48 11 n/a n/a 0 434
2007 331 36 39 49 10 n/a n/a 0 465
2008 331 34 44 48 12 n/a n/a 0 469
2009 329 35 49 60 11 n/a n/a 0 484
2010 324 43 54 68 17 n/a n/a 0 506
2011 317 26 53 88 10 2 38 0 534
2012 298 33 54 101 7 1 38 0 532
2013 308 37 60 93 4 1 36 0 539
2014 287 39 73 101 2 1 36 0 539
2015 296 35 58 102 2 0 27 0 520
2016 269 23 64 103 1 0 25 0 485
2017 254 25 56 101 1 3 20 0 460
2018 252 27 66 108 1 2 27 0 483
2019 265 29 65 104 2 5 26 0 496
2020 265 29 72 87 1 4 23 0 481
2021 252 23 73 83 1 4 22 0 458
2022 263 27 64 92 1 3 21 0 471
2023 258 21 60 112 1 2 30 0 484
2024 236 22 54 117 3 2 31 0 465

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Elm Dale Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 329 18.6 17.6 10.6
1989 341 17.6 19.3 16.7
1990 286 15.7 18.2 14.3
1991 291 15.7 18.5 11.3
1992 295 16.2 18.2 10.2
1993 296 15.1 19.6 13.2
1994 361 18.4 19.6 14.1
1995 396 21.9 18.1 15.2
1996 396 21.9 18.1 15.2
1997 409 22.3 18.3 16.6
1998 394 23.2 17.0 15.2
1999 388 21.0 18.5 22.7
2000 386 22.4 17.2 21.5
2001 375 22.9 16.4 22.1
2002 419 27.6 15.2 21
2003 419 27.6 15.2 21
2004 433 26.1 16.6 23.3
2005 432 25.9 16.7 n/a
2006 434 22.7 19.1 n/a
2007 465 25.2 18.5 25.2
2008 469 25.5 18.4 28.8
2009 484 25.8 18.8 23.6
2010 506 25.8 19.6 31
2011 534 25.5 20.9 34.6
2012 532 23.8 22.2 35.7
2013 539 24.3 22.1 31.2
2014 539 25.4 21.1 35.4
2015 520 n/a n/a 34.8
2016 485 28.0 17.3 n/a
2017 460 30.7 14.9 37.4
2018 483 29.9 16.1 38.9
2019 496 32.7 15.1 40.3
2020 481 32.0 15.0 39.1
2021 458 32.6 14.0 35.4
2022 471 36.9 12.7 39.9
2023 484 37.5 12.9 44
2024 465 36.8 12.6 47.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Elm Dale Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 329 18.6 17.6 10.6
1989 341 17.6 19.3 16.7
1990 286 15.7 18.2 14.3
1991 291 15.7 18.5 11.3
1992 295 16.2 18.2 10.2
1993 296 15.1 19.6 13.2
1994 361 18.4 19.6 14.1
1995 396 21.9 18.1 15.2
1996 396 21.9 18.1 15.2
1997 409 22.3 18.3 16.6
1998 394 23.2 17.0 15.2
1999 388 21.0 18.5 22.7
2000 386 22.4 17.2 21.5
2001 375 22.9 16.4 22.1
2002 419 27.6 15.2 21
2003 419 27.6 15.2 21
2004 433 26.1 16.6 23.3
2005 432 25.9 16.7 n/a
2006 434 22.7 19.1 n/a
2007 465 25.2 18.5 25.2
2008 469 25.5 18.4 28.8
2009 484 25.8 18.8 23.6
2010 506 25.8 19.6 31
2011 534 25.5 20.9 34.6
2012 532 23.8 22.2 35.7
2013 539 24.3 22.1 31.2
2014 539 25.4 21.1 35.4
2015 520 n/a n/a 34.8
2016 485 28.0 17.3 n/a
2017 460 30.7 14.9 37.4
2018 483 29.9 16.1 38.9
2019 496 32.7 15.1 40.3
2020 481 32.0 15.0 39.1
2021 458 32.6 14.0 35.4
2022 471 36.9 12.7 39.9
2023 484 37.5 12.9 44
2024 465 36.8 12.6 47.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Elm Dale Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $375 (3.6%) $9,986 (96.4%) $10,360
2020 $271 (2.4%) $10,911 (97.6%) $11,182
2021 $972 (8.0%) $11,243 (92.1%) $12,214

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Elm Dale Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 540th of 1037 Elementary schoolsRanks 428th of 1067 Elementary schools
 12%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Elm Dale Elementary)34.953.5
 18.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Greenfield School District)36.638.6
 2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)39.537.9
 1.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Elm Dale Elementary)44.455.2
 10.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Greenfield School District)42.340.2
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)50.548.8
 1.7%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Elm Dale Elementary)48.746.4
 2.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Greenfield School District)41.438.9
 2.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)43.945.8
 1.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Elm Dale Elementary)37.847.8
 10%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Greenfield School District)32.435
 2.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)46.246.5
 0.2%
4th Grade Social Studies (Elm Dale Elementary)51.468.1
 16.8%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Greenfield School District)53.357.1
 3.8%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)53.459.7
 6.4%
4th Grade Science (Elm Dale Elementary)54.153.6
 0.4%
   4th Grade Science (Greenfield School District)51.645.1
 6.6%
   4th Grade Science (Wisconsin)53.952.1
 1.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Elm Dale Elementary)56.549.3
 7.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Greenfield School District)44.842.9
 1.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)40.939.2
 1.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Elm Dale Elementary)58.143.3
 14.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Greenfield School District)4240.3
 1.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)47.848.4
 0.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students496484
 2.4%
African American2921
 27.6%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian6560
 7.7%
Hispanic104112
 7.7%
Pacific Islander52
 60%
White265258
 2.6%
Two or More Races2630
 15.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients40.3%44%
 3.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Elm Dale Elementary

In the 2023-24 school year, 465 students attended Elm Dale Elementary.

Students at Elm Dale Elementary are 51% White, 25% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 5% African American.

Students who attend Elm Dale Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Greenfield Middle
High : Greenfield High

Elm Dale Elementary ranks 475th of 1061 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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