Richmond Elementary, Sussex WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Richmond Elementary

Richmond Elementary is a regular public school in the village of Sussex, Wisconsin, serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade as part of the Richmond School District. Sussex is a suburban village roughly 20 miles northwest of Milwaukee, with a mix of residential neighborhoods and industrial employers, notably the headquarters of Quad, a major printing and marketing company. The village has seen steady population growth in recent years, and its housing market reflects that demand: the median home value in the area sits well above the national figure, and the home price relative to local income is elevated, which a family considering a move here would want to weigh against their budget. The area is largely car-dependent, though the paved Bugline Trail runs through the village and provides a recreational corridor for walking and biking.

The school’s student body of just over 400 is quite homogeneous. The large majority of students are white, with small shares of Asian and Hispanic students. A very small fraction of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that is far lower than state and national averages, which gives a strong signal about the relative affluence of the families who attend. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the profile.

Academically, Richmond Elementary delivers strong results. On the Wisconsin Forward Exam, proficiency rates across math, English language arts, science, and social studies were well above the median for school districts in Waukesha County, landing in the top quarter of that comparison group. Looking at individual grade levels, math proficiency ranged from roughly three-quarters of students meeting the bar in eighth grade to nearly nine in ten in fifth grade. English language arts proficiency was even stronger at the upper end, with seventh and eighth graders posting rates near or above nine in ten. Science and social studies results in grades four and eight were similarly high. The school’s participation rate on every reported test was the maximum level, meaning the results reflect nearly the entire student population.

Because Richmond Elementary ends at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. The school is a feeder into the Hamilton School District for high school, as the Richmond district is an elementary-only district. That means a family sending a child here will eventually need to transition to a different district for ninth through twelfth grade, a point worth investigating further if continuity through high school is a priority.

The school’s setting is a single campus on Richmond Road in Sussex. While the civic and school facilities in the village are spread across multiple sites rather than concentrated in a historic downtown, the school itself is in a residential area. The Richmond district did not have any recent major changes, such as boundary shifts, leadership turnover, or program overhauls, that a parent would likely need to track. That stability may be reassuring to some families.

In short, Richmond Elementary is a high-performing school in an affluent and growing suburban village. The academic results are consistent and strong across all tested subjects and grades, and the school serves a population that is both economically and demographically very uniform. A family moving to the area for work at one of Sussex’s major employers, or who prioritizes a school with sustained high test scores and a low-needs student body, would find this a natural fit. Families who value diversity in the student population, or who want a single school system from kindergarten through high school, may want to look into how the transition to Hamilton School District works and whether that pathway meets their expectations.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 383%

School 83% · District 83%

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

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 82%

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

Grade 588%

School 88% · District 88%

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 678%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 24 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 781%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 872%

School 72% · District 72%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 480%

School 80% · District 80%

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

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 680%

School 80% · District 80%

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

Grade 788%

School 88% · District 88%

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 892%

School 92% · District 92%

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Science

Grade 480%

School 80% · District 80%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 883%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 489%

School 89% · District 89%

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

Grade 886%

School 86% · District 86%

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

This schoolRichmond 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.