Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001139
Cass Street Elementary
1647 N Cass St, Milwaukee, WI 53202 · (414) 212-2700 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
18.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
289 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 | 21 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
26%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
11.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
8.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| 2023-24 | 11.7% | 11.3% |
% 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
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Cass Street Elementary
Cass Street Elementary's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Street Elementary this school | 312 | 92.6% | 12.7% |
| Lancaster Elementary Milwaukee | 316 | 90.5% | 7.2% |
| Elm Creative Arts Elementary Milwaukee | 335 | 94.3% | 9.9% |
| King Jr Elementary Milwaukee | 277 | 92.1% | 9.7% |
| Carson Academy Milwaukee | 326 | 94.5% | 8.4% |
| Fifty-Third Street Elementary Milwaukee | 308 | 89.3% | 9.7% |
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 Cass Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #940 of 982 | #134 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #960 of 992 ▼ 21 | #148 of 174 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #952 of 992 ▼ 3 | #141 of 174 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #581 of 1,157 | #102 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #856 of 901 | #134 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #641 of 901 | #119 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #36 of 1,064 | #33 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #176 of 664 | #40 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
312
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
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 | 312 | 16.9 | 18.5:1 | 93% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 18.3 | 15.4:1 | 91% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 19.1 | 14.9:1 | 95% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 95% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 18.1 | 22.2:1 | 94% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 17 | 21.1:1 | 85% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 88% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 69% (378) |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 37 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cass Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (402 to 312); teachers down 7% (18.1 to 16.9).
About Cass Street Elementary
Cass Street Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The latest federal count shows 312 students in pre-K through 8.
Milwaukee School District enrolls 65,835 students in 155 schools, including Cass Street Elementary.
Black students are the large majority at Cass Street Elementary, with 86% of enrollment. Next come 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 26% Black among all Milwaukee County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Cass Street Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
Federal data list 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Cass Street Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 93%. It compares with 64% for public schools in Milwaukee County.
Cass Street Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 20.8% for a school in Wisconsin with Cass Street Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cass Street Elementary posts 12.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Milwaukee County, median household income is about $64,435, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Cass Street Elementary is among the 284 public schools in Milwaukee County.
The closest other public school is Lincoln Middle, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Cass Street Elementary at 5th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Cass Street Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Cass Street Elementary had 316 students in 2020-21 and 312 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.5:1, from 13.2:1.
Community posts for Cass Street Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Cass Street ElementaryHow large is Cass Street Elementary?
Cass Street Elementary enrolls approximately 312 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Cass Street Elementary serve?
Cass Street Elementary serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Cass Street Elementary?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Cass Street Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Cass Street Elementary?
Student demographics at Cass Street Elementary are roughly 2% White, 6% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Cass Street Elementary in?
Cass Street Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.