Enrollment
167
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001140
Clarke Street Elementary
2816 W Clarke St, Milwaukee, WI 53210 · (414) 267-1000 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL167 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% 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
11.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
158 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 | 10 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
15%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
16.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
8.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 17 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 are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.7% | 8.3% |
| 2023-24 | 13.8% | 6.7% |
% 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
11.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Clarke Street Elementary
Clarke Street Elementary's state test result (11.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke Street Elementary this school | 167 | 94.6% | 11.6% |
| Siefert Elementary Milwaukee | 174 | 92.5% | 9.7% |
| Hi-Mount Elementary Milwaukee | 166 | 93.4% | 13.1% |
| Auer Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 151 | 91.4% | 6.1% |
| Hopkins Lloyd Community School Milwaukee | 143 | 97.9% | 12.8% |
| Sherman Elementary Milwaukee | 147 | 90.5% | 8.1% |
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 Clarke Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #945 of 982 | #139 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #961 of 992 ▲ 8 | #149 of 174 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #916 of 992 ▲ 26 | #115 of 174 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 167 | #966 of 1,157 | #168 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #23 of 1,064 | #21 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.8% | #19 of 664 | #9 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
167
-98 (-37%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 167 | 15.1 | 11.1:1 | 95% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 13 | 17.2:1 | 98% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 13.3 | 14.4:1 | 95% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | 18 | 14.7:1 | 100% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 13.5 | 22.0:1 | 100% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 19 | 16.2:1 | 82% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 93% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 69% (327) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 27 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarke Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (297 to 167); teachers up 11% (13.5 to 15.1).
About Clarke Street Elementary
Students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attend Clarke Street Elementary, a small elementary school. It reported 167 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Across its 155 schools, Milwaukee School District enrolls 65,835 students. Clarke Street Elementary is one of those schools.
The share of students at Clarke Street Elementary who are Black is 92%. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 26% of Milwaukee County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
Clarke Street Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1, with 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 95% at Clarke Street Elementary. It compares with 64% for public schools in Milwaukee County.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Clarke Street Elementary outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Clarke Street Elementary, the prediction is 19.6% and the result is 11.6%.
In Milwaukee County, 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, Next Door Charter, is about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 19.2%; Clarke Street Elementary's is 11.6%, ranking 4th of 7.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment decreased 37% over 4 years, reaching 167 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.7:1 to 11.1:1.
This page is set up for the Clarke Street Elementary community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Clarke Street ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Clarke Street Elementary?
Clarke Street Elementary enrolls approximately 167 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Clarke Street Elementary serve?
Clarke Street Elementary serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clarke Street Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clarke Street Elementary is approximately 11.1:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Clarke Street Elementary?
Student demographics at Clarke Street Elementary are roughly 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 92% Black.
Is Clarke Street Elementary public or private?
Clarke Street Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.