The top reported proficiency rate is 76% in Math. The lowest is 60% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Jackson Elementary
JacksonElementary serves students from kindergarten through fourth grade in the Village of Jackson, as part of the West Bend School District. It is a regular public school with an enrollment of roughly the size you would expect for a primary school serving a growing suburban community. The student body is predominantly white, with a small share of students identifying as Hispanic, two or more races, or Asian; Black and Native American populations are minimal. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that positions the school as relatively economically mixed for the area.
State testing data for grades three and four, the only tested grades in this building, show consistently strong results. In mathematics, the share of students scoring proficient or above is solidly above the midpoint among elementary schools in Washington County. English language arts proficiency is similarly strong, with roughly seven in ten students meeting the bar. Social studies proficiency runs a bit higher, while science proficiency, tested only in fourth grade, is somewhat lower. Overall, the academic picture is one of a school performing well relative to its county peers, with particular strength in math and social studies. No multi-year trend data was available, so a parent may want to ask the school about year-over-year consistency.
The school environment is auto-dependent, reflecting the broader Jackson community. The Village of Jackson sits at the intersection of two state highways and has grown rapidly. Residential neighborhoods, commercial strips along the highways, and industrial employers including food manufacturing and truck body fabrication shape the local economy. The Village and the surrounding Town of Jackson together form a mixed-use area where the Village has seen extraordinary growth, more than quadrupling its population in recent decades. Housing values in the area are above the state norm, and the community is largely oriented around cars rather than pedestrian street life. The Town of Jackson sends its children to three different school districts, but families living in the Village attend West Bend schools, making Jackson Elementary the primary K–4 option for those families.
The West Bend School District is in the midst of a significant change. In 2026 the school board voted to merge its two high schools, West Bend East and West Bend West, into a single high school starting in the 2027–28 school year. That consolidation will end a decades-long arrangement where students were assigned to one of two schools on the same campus based on birth date. For families with children at Jackson Elementary, this means that when their students eventually reach high school, they will attend the unified West Bend High School rather than choosing between East and West. The merger will affect athletics, staffing, and school identity across the district.
Jackson Elementary itself does not offer programs like advanced placement or career pathways because it serves only the earliest grades. Special education and English learner data were not provided, and no information about discipline or chronic absenteeism was available. The school is a straightforward neighborhood elementary school in a fast-growing suburb with strong academic results for its grade band, feeding into a district undergoing a structural change at the secondary level. A parent looking at this school will find a solid academic foundation for young children in a community that is expanding and building new infrastructure, with the certainty that their child will ultimately attend one unified high school rather than a split campus.
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