Grewenow Elementary, Kenosha WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Grewenow Elementary

Grewenow Elementary is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the Kenosha Unified School District. It is located in the city of Kenosha, a mid-sized city on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan with a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial areas. Kenosha’s downtown and lakefront feature a restored electric streetcar system, museums, parks, and publicly accessible beaches. Major employers include the corporate headquarters of Snap-on and Jockey International, as well as distribution centers for Amazon and Uline. The city sits on the Union Pacific North Metra commuter rail line to Chicago, and its former industrial lakefront has been redeveloped into the HarborPark residential and recreational area.

The school itself is small for an elementary school, and a substantial share of its students are identified as economically disadvantaged. The student body is predominantly white, with a notable share of Hispanic students, and smaller shares of Black students, students of two or more races, and Asian or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander students. State testing data from the most recent assessed year shows results across grades three through five in math and English language arts, with fourth graders also tested in science and social studies. In math, proficiency rates climbed from third to fourth grade and then dropped by fifth grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates rose steadily from third through fifth grade. The school’s fourth-grade science proficiency rate was lower than its social studies proficiency rate for the same grade. On a combined index of all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency sits in the bottom quartile relative to the other schools in Kenosha County. A parent may want to ask the school about the strategies it uses to support students who are below the proficient threshold, particularly in math in the upper elementary grades.

The Kenosha Unified School District has been undergoing significant consolidation. In 2023, the district voted to close five elementary schools and a middle school as part of a “rightsizing” plan that responds to a multiyear decline in overall enrollment. These closures redrew attendance boundaries across the district, which directly affects where families are assigned. Grewenow Elementary, which was not among the schools closed, operates within that new attendance framework. Because Grewenow serves only grades PK through five, there is no graduation rate to report, and chronic absenteeism data for the school was not available in the sources provided. The school does not appear to have a charter or magnet designation, and its Title I status was not reported in the data provided.

Housing in the zip code that covers the school is moderately priced relative to the state and national benchmarks. The estimated monthly mortgage payment for a typical home is well above the estimated monthly rent, which suggests that buying in this area requires a higher income than renting. The national unemployment rate has been steady at a moderate level, and median household income nationally has been rising slowly. These economic conditions are a national context; local household income figures specific to Kenosha were not included in the data.

For a parent choosing a school in a district that is shrinking its physical footprint, Grewenow Elementary offers a stable, small neighborhood school setting with a diverse student body. The academic proficiency picture is mixed, with the strongest results appearing in fourth-grade math and fourth-grade social studies, and the weakest results in fifth-grade math and fourth-grade science. The school’s overall performance, as gauged by the district’s county-wide comparison, places it among the lower portion of the county’s elementary options. A family weighing this school should consider how its academic trajectory across the elementary years aligns with their child’s needs and what supports the school provides for students who are not yet meeting state benchmarks.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 46% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 49% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 45% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 331%

School 31% · District 42% · ▼ 10 pts below district

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

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 47% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 545%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 41% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 57% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

This schoolKenosha 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-income32%Higher-income31%0 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income50%17 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income50%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income32%Higher-income38%6 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income65%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income20%Higher-income40%20 pp gap