Summary:
New Berlin CUSD 16 has one elementary school, New Berlin Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, with 452 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades results were above state proficiency in both English language arts (74% versus 56%) and math (50% versus 40%); fifth-grade science was also higher (75% versus 48%). The most important takeaway is that the school outperformed the state overall in all three reported subject areas.
New Berlin Elementary School’s strongest results were in fifth grade, while fourth-grade math was the clearest exception. Fifth-grade ELA was 88%, 33 points above the state, and science was 75%, 28 points higher; fifth-grade math was also 15 points above the state. In contrast, fourth-grade math was 36%, 6 points below the state’s 42%. Third-grade math was 11 points above the state, showing that the all-grades math result masks a difference between grades. Chronic absenteeism was 9% in 2025–26, compared with 13% districtwide and 24% statewide.
Recent trends were mixed: ELA rose 7 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while math fell 4 points and its lead over the state narrowed by 5 points. Fifth-grade science rose 16 points, widening its state advantage by 9 points. SchoolDigger rated the school four stars and placed it at the 71st percentile in 2025–26, the same percentile as in 2023–24 after a rise to 76 in 2024–25. Other context measures include a 13.2-to-1 student-teacher ratio and 30% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. Because the area has only one listed school, there is no school-to-school comparison.
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