Summary:
ZIP code 53142 in Kenosha, Wisconsin is served by five public elementary schools — Nash Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, Forest Park Elementary, Jeffery Elementary, and Kenosha School of Language (KSOL) — all part of Kenosha School District, all serving grades PK–5, and together enrolling about 2,126 students (range 330–576). Because every school shares the same district and grade span, families can compare them directly. Worth noting up front: all five buildings rank above their own district, which sits at the 21st percentile with 1 star.
Jeffery Elementary is the academic leader — 4 stars, 79th percentile statewide, a composite proficiency of about 71.4, the smallest classes (13.2:1) and the highest spending ($14,967 per pupil). Nash Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary are effectively tied at the 63rd percentile (3 stars each) but arrive there very differently: Nash has the lowest poverty rate (31.08% free/reduced lunch) and the best attendance (15.6% chronic absenteeism), while Roosevelt has roughly double the poverty (61.51%) and the group's highest absenteeism (22.3%) on the lowest budget ($13,227) — yet is the only school whose state rank has climbed three years running (56 → 60 → 63). Forest Park Elementary is improving slowly (+4.5 composite, 28th percentile) but remains 1 star. KSOL is the clear concern: 1 star, 12th percentile, and the only school that lost ground on all eight 2025‑26 measures, its composite falling from about 35.4 to 26.5.
Two patterns are worth knowing. Attendance and spending do not cleanly predict results — Roosevelt posts a top-three composite despite the worst attendance and leanest budget, while Forest Park spends heavily ($14,441) with low results. Science is the group's weak spot (only Roosevelt, at 60.71, beats the state's 53.46), whereas 4th-grade Social Studies is a strength (Roosevelt at 77.38 and Jeffery at 72.92 top the state's 65.51). Single-grade results also swing widely within a school, so read any one grade as a signal, not a verdict.
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