Enrollment
151
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001124
Auer Avenue Elementary
2319 W Auer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53206 · (414) 875-4500 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL151 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
138 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 31 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
13%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
7.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
11.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.7% | 11.1% |
| 2023-24 | 4.2% | 4.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 22% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Auer Avenue Elementary
Auer Avenue Elementary's state test result (6.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auer Avenue Elementary this school | 151 | 91.4% | 6.1% |
| Sherman Elementary Milwaukee | 147 | 90.5% | 8.1% |
| Siefert Elementary Milwaukee | 174 | 92.5% | 9.7% |
| Clarke Street Elementary Milwaukee | 167 | 94.6% | 11.6% |
| Hi-Mount Elementary Milwaukee | 166 | 93.4% | 13.1% |
| Hopkins Lloyd Community School Milwaukee | 143 | 97.9% | 12.8% |
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 Auer Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.1% | #982 of 982 | #171 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #937 of 992 ▲ 45 | #131 of 174 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.7% | #976 of 992 ▲ 15 | #161 of 174 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 151 | #996 of 1,157 | #171 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #47 of 1,064 | #42 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.1% | #22 of 664 | #11 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
151
-16 (-10%) vs 2020
-77% since 1990-91, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 151 | 8.4 | 18.0:1 | 91% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 11.9 | 15.7:1 | 96% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 160 | 10.7 | 14.9:1 | 94% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 167 | 10 | 16.7:1 | 98% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 12.1 | 21.6:1 | 96% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 9 | 31.7:1 | 82% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 91% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 69% (387) |
| 1990-91 | 651 | 34 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Auer Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (261 to 151); teachers down 31% (12.1 to 8.4).
About Auer Avenue Elementary
Families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are served by Auer Avenue Elementary, a small elementary school. The school has 151 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll about 323 students on average.
Milwaukee School District oversees Auer Avenue Elementary and 154 other schools, with 65,835 students in total.
Black students account for 93% of the school's enrollment. It is also 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Milwaukee County's residents are about 26% Black, 67 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at Auer Avenue Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 8.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.0:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. About 91% of students at Auer Avenue Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
Auer Avenue Elementary is a bottom-10% school in Wisconsin on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 6.1% against a predicted 21.6%.
In the surrounding county, Milwaukee County, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Auer Avenue Elementary, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools.
Auer Avenue Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from NOVA-Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Auer Avenue Elementary's average proficiency of 6.1% compares with 9.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 151, from 167 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.7 to 18.0 over 4 years.
The Auer Avenue Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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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Frequently asked questions
About Auer Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Auer Avenue Elementary?
Auer Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 151 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Auer Avenue Elementary serve?
Auer Avenue Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Auer Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Auer Avenue Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Auer Avenue Elementary?
At Auer Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 93% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Auer Avenue Elementary in?
Auer Avenue Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
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