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Merton Primary School

Serves grades PK - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
N68 W28460 Sussex Rd
Merton, WI 53056
Phone
(262) 538-2227
District
MERTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
WAUKESHA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
503
Classroom Teachers
32

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Wisconsin

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.4% of all WI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Merton Primary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
65%
42%
60%
36%
70%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
64%
44%
68%
43%
60%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 85 16.9%
Kindergarten 77 15.3%
Grade 1 84 16.7%
Grade 2 92 18.3%
Grade 3 84 16.7%
Grade 4 81 16.1%
Total 503 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.2% 93.8% 71.2%
Black 1.6% 0.9% 9.2%
Hispanic 3.0% 2.8% 13.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 1.8% 4.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.7% 1.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 7.4% 6.7% 39.4%
Free lunch eligible 7.2% 5.9% 35.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.2% 0.8% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,314 5,892,539
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 477.2 108
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.7% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.4% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.5% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 36.9% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 10.5% 17.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,168 2,425,488
Single Parent Households With Children 3.5% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 99.3% 93.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 54.6% 32.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 49.6% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.5% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.8% 14.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.4% 18.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.4% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.1% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 1.3% 7.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,577 $5,616,758 54.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $255 $217,770 2.1%
Staff $616 $526,064 5.1%
General Administration $541 $462,014 4.5%
School Administration $326 $278,404 2.7%
Operation $998 $852,292 8.3%
Transportation $307 $262,178 2.5%
Other $792 $676,368 6.6%
Total Support $3,834 $3,274,236 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,671 $1,427,034 13.8%
Total Expenditures $12,082 $10,318,028 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,699 $6,386,625,832 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $674 $558,913,478 4.2%
Staff $736 $610,274,665 4.5%
General Administration $291 $241,011,944 1.8%
School Administration $677 $561,313,676 4.2%
Operation $1,271 $1,054,524,399 7.8%
Transportation $506 $419,848,997 3.1%
Other $663 $549,562,435 4.1%
Total Support $4,816 $3,995,343,921 29.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,688 $3,059,218,482 22.8%
Total Expenditures $16,204 $13,441,258,097 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%