Burdick Elementary

As a sprawling K-5 school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Burdick Elementary educates 527 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Milwaukee School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Burdick Elementary sits 63% above that benchmark.

Milwaukee School District runs 155 schools in total, collectively educating 65,835 students. Burdick Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Burdick Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 32% White, 15% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Burdick Elementary logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at Burdick Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Burdick Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.0%; this one delivers 41.3%.

Around the school, Milwaukee County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Burdick Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Whittier Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Burdick Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.6%.

Burdick Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Burdick Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 630 (now 527). White enrollment moved from 53% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.