Summary:
Bristol Elementary is the only elementary school in the Bristol #1 School District in Wisconsin, which means it is the entire elementary comparison set for this area. Located at 20121 83rd St in Bristol, it serves grades PK–8 and enrolls 830 students. The student-teacher ratio is 15.1:1 — roughly 55 teachers — per-student spending is $13,449, and 18.31% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, about 152 students. Because the district contains only this one school, its results and the district's results are the same, which is consistent with a single-school district.
The school is a genuinely strong performer, not just a default standout. It ranked 279th out of 1,039 Wisconsin schools in 2025–26, placing it in the 73rd percentile — the top quartile — and it earned 4 stars, up from 3 stars in each of the two previous years, an improvement of 129 positions since 2023–24. The Bristol #1 School District ranks 67th of 432 districts. Achievement runs well above the state: in 2025–26, average proficiency was 67.2% in English language arts, 68.3% in mathematics, 76.7% in social studies, and 66.6% in science, each more than 11 points above the state average, and the gaps were similar in 2024–25. Upper grades are particularly strong — 6th grade ELA reached 81.63%, and 8th grade hit 79.25% in both ELA and math.
Chronic absenteeism is a standout strength at 6.2%, compared with Wisconsin's 17.3%. The one metric trailing the state is the 2024–25 dropout rate of 1.4% versus 1.1% — a small difference, and a measure that carries little weight for a PK–8 school. The clearest academic weak spot is 4th grade ELA at 50.59% versus the state's 53.87%, the only 2025–26 grade-level result below state. Grade-level scores also fluctuated year to year, including a roughly 21-point drop in 7th grade math, even as overall averages stayed high.
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