Auer Avenue Elementary

Auer Avenue Elementary is one of the small elementary campuss in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Milwaukee School District, with 151 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 53% leaner than typical.

Across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District (65,835 students total), Auer Avenue Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Auer Avenue Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Auer Avenue Elementary has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at Auer Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Auer Avenue Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 21.6%; Auer Avenue Elementary posts 6.1%, -15.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Auer Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NOVA-Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Auer Avenue Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 9.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Auer Avenue Elementary has ticked down 42%, going from 261 students in 2018 to 151 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.