Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001170
Barbee Elementary
4456 N Teutonia Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53209 · (414) 874-5600 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
249 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 | 56 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 137% larger than its 7th grade class (19).
Student demographics
37%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
23.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
14.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 24 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 8.2% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Barbee Elementary
Barbee Elementary's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbee Elementary this school | 289 | 86.2% | 21.4% |
| Fifty-Third Street Elementary Milwaukee | 308 | 89.3% | 9.7% |
| Hawley Environmental School Milwaukee | 299 | 84.6% | 11.2% |
| Neeskara Elementary Milwaukee | 356 | 86.8% | 10.3% |
| Pratt Elementary Milwaukee | 288 | 88.9% | 13.7% |
| Eighty-First Street Elementary Milwaukee | 357 | 81.8% | 12.4% |
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 Barbee Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #891 of 982 | #101 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #922 of 992 ▲ 39 | #119 of 174 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #878 of 992 ▼ 33 | #93 of 174 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #651 of 1,157 | #114 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #803 of 901 | #101 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.5% | #465 of 901 | #95 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #83 of 1,064 | #72 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #383 of 664 | #78 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
289
-28 (-9%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 289 | 17.5 | 16.5:1 | 86% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 16 | 19.1:1 | 93% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 15.8 | 19.0:1 | 96% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 100% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 331 | 14.8 | 22.4:1 | 82% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 8 | 40.6:1 | 82% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 17 | 18.8:1 | 87% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 69% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 30 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barbee Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (331 to 289); teachers up 18% (14.8 to 17.5).
About Barbee Elementary
Barbee Elementary, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 7 attend the school, which enrolls 289 students.
Milwaukee School District enrolls 65,835 students in 155 schools, including Barbee Elementary.
At 78%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Barbee Elementary combined. The school is also 9% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 26%. The chance that two students picked at random at Barbee Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
Teacher staffing is 17.5 full-time equivalents, or about 16.5 students per teacher. The 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 86%. For comparison, public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Barbee Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 21.4% actual against 24.8% predicted.
Within Milwaukee County, median household income is about $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, with a combined enrollment of about 122,496.
King International is located about 0.6 miles from Barbee Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 13.7% proficiency; Barbee Elementary posts 21.4%.
The federal government classifies Barbee Elementary's location as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 317 to 289. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.5:1.
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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 Barbee ElementaryHow many students attend Barbee Elementary?
Barbee Elementary enrolls approximately 289 students in grades PK-07.
What age range does Barbee Elementary serve?
Barbee Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at Barbee Elementary?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Barbee Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barbee Elementary?
At Barbee Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 5% Hispanic, 78% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Barbee Elementary in?
Barbee Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
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