Edgerton Community Elementary, Edgerton WI

Original Research by School Decision on Edgerton Community Elementary

Edgerton Community Elementary serves students from four-year-old kindergarten through fifth grade in the Edgerton School District. As a regular public school, it provides what most families would recognize as a standard elementary program, with the academic expectations measured by Wisconsin's Forward Exam. The school's enrollment is of a size typical for a K-5 building in a small city that also operates a second elementary school, Yahara Valley Elementary. The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population representing roughly one-tenth of students. The share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch falls in a range that points to a moderate mix of economic backgrounds rather than a concentration of poverty.

On state assessments, the school shows a pattern that parents will want to examine by grade level. Third graders posted strong results in both math and English language arts, with the majority meeting or exceeding the state's proficiency benchmark. In fourth and fifth grades, math proficiency remained at levels near the middle of the distribution, though the share of students reaching the proficient mark in fourth-grade reading dipped notably lower than the third-grade results. Fifth-grade reading recovered somewhat. The fourth-grade science and social studies results were mixed as well, with social studies showing a higher share of proficient students than science. Because the school does not serve middle or high school grades, there are no graduation rates or advanced course metrics to consider. The overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint when compared with other Rock County school districts, a signal that the school is performing competitively within its local area.

The school's context is shaped by Edgerton itself, a small city in the I-90 corridor between Madison and Janesville. The city has a compact downtown along Fulton Street with historic commercial buildings, and the residential areas range from older Queen Anne homes near Washington Street to newer subdivisions on the east side. The community's identity still carries traces of its tobacco-industry past, but the major employers today are Edgerton Hospital and the school district itself. Lake Koshkonong, a short drive away, provides a regional recreational draw. The housing market in the Edgerton zip code shows home values roughly in line with state benchmarks, and the area has seen modest growth rather than rapid expansion. The city's comprehensive plan identifies areas on the east and south sides for future development, and new home construction continues in east-side subdivisions.

District-level changes that would affect families — such as recent referendums, curriculum overhauls, or property-tax shifts — were not found in publicly reported materials. The district does not appear to have made a major operational change in the last several years that would alter the day-to-day experience at Community Elementary. For a parent evaluating the school, the key question is how the drop in fourth-grade reading proficiency fits into the school's overall instructional approach and whether the school has identified and addressed that grade-level pattern. The third-grade results demonstrate that the building is capable of producing strong outcomes, but the unevenness across grades is worth discussing with the principal or classroom teachers. Families whose children are entering third grade may find the school a strong fit, while those with a child entering fourth grade may want to ask about reading support and the specific curriculum used at that level.

The school sits on its own campus rather than in the downtown core, and its facilities serve the elementary-age population exclusively. There are no special program designations such as charter or magnet status, and Title I status was not available in the data. Because the school does not serve higher grades, a family considering the full K-12 pathway will need to look at Edgerton Middle School and Edgerton High School separately to understand the complete academic trajectory.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 72% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 62% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 62% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 43% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

even with state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Science

Grade 455%

School 55% · District 54% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 69% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolEdgerton School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income60%Higher-income65%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income25%Higher-income47%22 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income27%Higher-income60%32 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income60%Higher-income77%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income42%Higher-income69%27 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income69%30 pp gap