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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001135
Burbank Elementary
6035 W Adler St, Milwaukee, WI 53214 · (414) 256-8400 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
463 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 42 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
73%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
14.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
8.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.7pp 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 9 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.1% | 8.8% |
| 2023-24 | 16.6% | 11.5% |
% 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
14.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Burbank Elementary
Burbank Elementary's state test result (14.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burbank Elementary this school | 552 | 83.9% | 14.5% |
| Manitoba Elementary Milwaukee | 469 | 83.2% | 16.4% |
| Academy of Accelerated Learning Milwaukee | 493 | 77.1% | 45.3% |
| Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language Milwaukee | 499 | 91.0% | 11.2% |
| Stuart Elementary Milwaukee | 322 | 77.3% | 27.6% |
| Kennedy Elementary Green Bay | 402 | 70.6% | 31.6% |
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 Burbank Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #929 of 982 | #124 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #956 of 992 ▼ 19 | #145 of 174 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #934 of 992 ▼ 10 | #127 of 174 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #97 of 1,157 | #26 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #809 of 901 | #104 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #35 of 901 | #8 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #97 of 1,064 | #79 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #324 of 664 | #69 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
552
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 552 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 84% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 31.6 | 15.9:1 | 85% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 32.8 | 14.9:1 | 86% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 91% (530) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 88% (569) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 81% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 81% (469) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 69% (353) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 23 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burbank Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (649 to 552); teachers down 6% (35 to 33).
About Burbank Elementary
Burbank Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It serves 552 students in pre-K through 8. The average among elementary schools in Wisconsin is roughly 323 students; this school is 71% above that.
Milwaukee School District runs Burbank Elementary along with 154 other schools, enrolling 65,835 students in total.
At Burbank Elementary, the largest share of students is Black, at 41%. The school is also 22% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 9% White, and 9% multiracial. That is higher than the 26% Black share among all Milwaukee County residents. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 33 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The school's lunch program data list 84% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
Burbank Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 14.5% and a predicted 26.2%.
In the county around the school, Milwaukee County, the median household income is $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Milwaukee County is home to 284 public schools and about 122,496 public school students.
The closest public school, MacDowell Montessori School K3-12, is about 0.4 miles from Burbank Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Burbank Elementary is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Burbank Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Burbank Elementary declined 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 583 to 552 students.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
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 Burbank Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 4 states are named Burbank Elementary. Burbank Elementary is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Burbank ElementaryHayward, CA · 800 students
- Burbank Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 736 students
- Burbank Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 691 students
- Burbank ElementaryModesto, CA · 572 students
- Burbank ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 538 students
Nearby schools
- MacDowell Montessori School K3-120.4 mi · 823
- Woodlands School0.8 mi · 313
- Hawley Environmental School0.9 mi · 299
- West Milwaukee Intermediate0.9 mi · 378
- Horace Mann Elementary0.9 mi · 384
- Pershing Elementary1.1 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Burbank ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Burbank Elementary?
Burbank Elementary enrolls approximately 552 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Burbank Elementary serve?
Burbank Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burbank Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burbank Elementary is approximately 16.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Burbank Elementary?
Burbank Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 22% Hispanic, 41% Black, 19% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Burbank Elementary in?
Burbank Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.