NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools WI

Best-Resourced Schools in Greenfield, WI

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9 public K-12 schools in Greenfield from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
4,846
Students
38.7/100
Avg Resource Index
14.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Greenfield has more public-school enrollment than 54% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Greenfield sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Greenfield's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Greenfield lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 87 to 1,140 students, a 13-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 46%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
40th percentile
Teacher staffing
65th percentile

Greenfield High accounts for 23.5% of all Greenfield public-school enrollment

That concentration means Greenfield-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Greenfield school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Greenfield school enrollment ranges from 87 students (lowest) to 1,140 students (highest), a spread of 1,053 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Greenfield student-teacher ratio is 14.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Greenfield is typically wider than the Greenfield-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Greenfield's 9 listed schools are charters

11% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Whitnall High 51
2. Edgewood Elementary 46
3. Whitnall Middle 45
4. Greenfield Middle 43
5. Glenwood Elementary 43
6. Elm Dale Elementary 38
7. Maple Grove Elementary 36
8. Greenfield High 25
9. Core4 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Greenfield

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Edgewood Elementary 72.2/100
  2. 2 Maple Grove Elementary 68.2/100
  3. 3 Glenwood Elementary 68.2/100
  4. 4 Elm Dale Elementary 67.6/100
  5. 5 Greenfield High 65.8/100

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Which Greenfield school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Whitnall High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Greenfield schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Greenfield, WI? ▼

Greenfield has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,846 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.