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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001122
Allen-Field Elementary
730 W Lapham Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53204 · (414) 902-9200 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
403 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 49 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
10.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
13.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.1% | 13.6% |
| 2023-24 | 13.3% | 13.9% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Allen-Field Elementary
Allen-Field Elementary's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen-Field Elementary this school | 451 | 89.4% | 15.1% |
| Lincoln Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 427 | 92.0% | 18.0% |
| Forest Home Elementary Milwaukee | 559 | 91.8% | 17.0% |
| Seeds of Health Elementary Program Milwaukee | 380 | 91.3% | 25.9% |
| Mitchell Elementary Milwaukee | 597 | 94.3% | 9.4% |
| Rogers Street Academy Milwaukee | 570 | 93.0% | 19.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Allen-Field Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #927 of 982 | #123 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #925 of 992 ▲ 1 | #121 of 174 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #960 of 992 ▼ 13 | #147 of 174 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #233 of 1,157 | #46 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #223 of 901 | #15 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #553 of 901 | #108 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #64 of 1,064 | #57 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #106 of 664 | #30 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
451
-66 (-13%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 968
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 451 | 38.5 | 11.7:1 | 89% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 38.9 | 12.2:1 | 90% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 37.4 | 13.1:1 | 91% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 95% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 34.6 | 18.0:1 | 97% (605) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 37 | 18.8:1 | 85% (591) |
| 2010-11 | 803 | 60 | 13.4:1 | 95% (760) |
| 2000-01 | 919 | 77 | 11.9:1 | 69% (633) |
| 1990-91 | 968 | 53 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allen-Field Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (624 to 451); teachers up 11% (34.6 to 38.5).
About Allen-Field Elementary
Allen-Field Elementary is an elementary school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 451 students. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have about 323 students on average; enrollment here is 40% higher.
Milwaukee School District has 155 schools and 65,835 students, and Allen-Field Elementary is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Allen-Field Elementary is Hispanic, at 82%. After that, the student body is 12% Black, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Milwaukee County, the Hispanic share is about 17%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
There are 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.7:1. Compared with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Milwaukee County, the average eligibility rate is 64%.
Allen-Field Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 6% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Allen-Field Elementary is -7.7 points: 15.1% actual, 22.8% predicted.
In Milwaukee County, median household income comes to about $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 284, with about 122,496 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, La Causa Charter School, is the closest to Allen-Field Elementary. Allen-Field Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 15.1% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
The school's student count decreased 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 11.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.3 in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Nearby schools
- La Causa Charter School0.4 mi · 558
- United Community Center Acosta Middle School0.4 mi · 188
- Bruce Guadalupe0.4 mi · 1,364
- Hayes Bilingual School0.5 mi · 670
- South Division High0.5 mi · 923
- South Accelerated Academy0.5 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About Allen-Field ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Allen-Field Elementary?
Allen-Field Elementary enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Allen-Field Elementary serve?
Allen-Field Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Allen-Field Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Allen-Field Elementary is approximately 11.7:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Allen-Field Elementary?
Student demographics at Allen-Field Elementary are roughly 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Allen-Field Elementary public or private?
Allen-Field Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.