Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001126
Barton Elementary
5700 W Green Tree Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53223 · (414) 393-3900 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
256 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 | 50 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
27%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
14.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
10.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 14 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 down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.3% | 10.5% |
| 2023-24 | 15.5% | 10.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Barton Elementary
Barton Elementary's state test result (14.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Elementary this school | 283 | 90.5% | 14.1% |
| Kluge Elementary Milwaukee | 301 | 92.7% | 13.8% |
| Bruce Elementary Milwaukee | 270 | 94.8% | 15.8% |
| Engleburg Elementary Milwaukee | 286 | 87.4% | 15.6% |
| Bryant Elementary Milwaukee | 212 | 91.0% | 17.2% |
| Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary Milwaukee | 384 | 92.2% | 9.1% |
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 Barton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #931 of 982 | #125 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #939 of 992 ▲ 5 | #133 of 174 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #930 of 992 ▲ 2 | #123 of 174 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #671 of 1,157 | #118 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #794 of 901 | #96 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.4% | #622 of 901 | #116 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #58 of 1,064 | #52 of 174 |
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
283
+33 (+13%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 283 | 17.3 | 16.4:1 | 90% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 16.6 | 15.6:1 | 93% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 15.5 | 15.1:1 | 93% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 19 | 13.2:1 | 94% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 283 | 14 | 20.2:1 | 98% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 316 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 78% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 85% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 526 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 69% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 28 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (283 to 283); teachers up 24% (14 to 17.3).
About Barton Elementary
Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Barton Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 283 students.
Milwaukee School District includes 155 schools. Together they enroll 65,835 students.
Roughly 85% of students at Barton Elementary are Black. Other groups make up 7% Asian, 3% White, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 26% of Milwaukee County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
With 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.4:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1, 1.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 90% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Barton Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.1%; the prediction is 22.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Milwaukee County show that the median household earns about $64,435 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Milwaukee County, 284 public schools serve about 122,496 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Green Tree Preparatory Academy, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Barton Elementary is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Barton Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 33 students, from 250 to 283. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.4:1.
You can use this page to share news and ask questions about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Milwaukee School District
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,472 students
- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
- Obama School of Career and Technical EducationCombined · 1,294 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,240 students
Other schools in Milwaukee
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
- Milwaukee Academy of ScienceCombined · 1,711 students
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,472 students
- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Bruce GuadalupeElementary · 1,364 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Other Barton Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Barton Elementary. Barton Elementary is the 9th largest of the 10.
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 1,185 students
- Barton Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 848 students
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPATCHOGUE, NY · 515 students
- Barton ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 508 students
- Barton ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Green Tree Preparatory Academy0.4 mi · 535
- Hawthorne Elementary1.0 mi · 259
- Milwaukee Scholars Charter School1.2 mi · 696
- Morse Mid1.3 mi · 383
- Thoreau Elementary1.3 mi · 353
- Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary1.3 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Barton ElementaryHow large is Barton Elementary?
Barton Elementary enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Barton Elementary serve?
Barton Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barton Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barton Elementary is approximately 16.4:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barton Elementary?
At Barton Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 3% Hispanic, 85% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Barton Elementary in?
Barton Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.