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Enrollment
1,364
Elementary
DISTRICT 776 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC·NCES 550007700772
Bruce Guadalupe
1028 S 9th St, Milwaukee, WI 53204 · (414) 643-6441 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,364 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.8:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
995 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 180 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 155 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 150 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (155) is 42% larger than its 8th grade class (109).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
47.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
50.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 46.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Bruce Guadalupe
Bruce Guadalupe's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Guadalupe this school | 1,364 | 72.9% | 47.6% |
| Vieau Elementary Milwaukee | 713 | 69.4% | 21.6% |
| Hayes Bilingual School Milwaukee | 670 | 86.0% | 17.4% |
| Doerfler Elementary Milwaukee | 609 | 79.0% | 16.0% |
| ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes Milwaukee | 593 | 87.0% | 29.7% |
| Greenfield Bilingual Milwaukee | 556 | 85.6% | 22.0% |
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 Bruce Guadalupe ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #655 of 982 | #50 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #579 of 992 ▲ 86 | #41 of 174 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #608 of 992 ▲ 58 | #51 of 174 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,364 | #1 of 1,157 | #1 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #546 of 901 | #45 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.5% | #900 of 901 | #157 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #161 of 1,064 | #99 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,364 | 99 | 13.8:1 | 73% (995) |
| 2023-24 | 1,410 | 91 | 15.5:1 | 63% (882) |
| 2022-23 | 1,360 | 91 | 14.9:1 | 76% (1,034) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bruce Guadalupe.
About Bruce Guadalupe
Families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are served by Bruce Guadalupe, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school serves 1,364 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Wisconsin is roughly 323 students; this school is 322% above that.
United Community Center Inc serves 1,552 students across 2 schools.
Bruce Guadalupe's enrollment is 98% Hispanic. That compares with about 17% Hispanic among all Milwaukee County residents. The school's diversity index is 4%, meaning two students picked at random have a 4% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 99 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bruce Guadalupe and a ratio of 13.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 73% of enrollment. Public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
allk12 grades Bruce Guadalupe a B. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Bruce Guadalupe beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 14.7 points (47.6% versus 32.9%), a top-10% result in Wisconsin on BeatsExpectations.
Milwaukee County census figures show that the median household income is $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, enrolling about 122,496 students in all.
United Community Center Acosta Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Bruce Guadalupe ranks 1st on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Bruce Guadalupe is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Bruce Guadalupe as a charter school.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in United Community Center Inc
- United Community Center Acosta Middle SchoolMiddle · 188 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
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
- Obama School of Career and Technical EducationCombined · 1,294 students
Nearby schools
- United Community Center Acosta Middle School0.2 mi · 188
- Kagel Elementary0.3 mi · 292
- Vieau Elementary0.3 mi · 713
- Allen-Field Elementary0.4 mi · 451
- Bradley Technology High0.4 mi · 1,048
- South Division High0.7 mi · 923
Frequently asked questions
About Bruce GuadalupeHow many students attend Bruce Guadalupe?
Bruce Guadalupe enrolls approximately 1,364 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Bruce Guadalupe serve?
Bruce Guadalupe serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Bruce Guadalupe have?
Bruce Guadalupe employs 99 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Bruce Guadalupe?
Student demographics at Bruce Guadalupe are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Bruce Guadalupe in?
Bruce Guadalupe is part of United Community Center Inc.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.