Summary:
Elmbrook School District is home to five elementary schools — Burleigh Elementary, Swanson Elementary, Dixon Elementary, Brookfield Elementary, and Tonawanda Elementary — all serving grades PK–5 and enrolling 3,537 students combined, from 533 at Tonawanda to 927 at Burleigh. The Elmbrook School District ranks 9th out of 432 Wisconsin districts, and in 2025–26 all five schools placed in the top 48 of 1,039 elementary schools statewide, each earning 5 stars.
Brookfield Elementary is the standout: 15th statewide, the lowest chronic absenteeism at 0.9%, the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 4.37%, and top scores including ELA grade 5 at 88.89% and Social Studies grade 4 at 89.13%. Tonawanda Elementary ranks 24th and posts the group's highest Math grade 4 score at 91.14%, though its Math grade 5 is 71.43%. Burleigh Elementary, the largest school, ranks 34th after improving from 110th in 2023–24. Swanson Elementary ranks 39th and has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (13.11%) and the highest per-student spending ($14,814). Dixon Elementary improved the most, from 108th to 48th.
Every 2025–26 test result across these schools sits well above state averages, with the smallest gap about 19 percentage points. Chronic absenteeism ranges from 0.9% to 2.8%, compared with 3.1% for the district and 17.3% for the state. Per-student spending runs from $13,778 to $14,814 and student-teacher ratios from 15.2 to 16.4 — Brookfield Elementary spends the least yet ranks the highest, so resources alone do not explain the differences.
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