College Park Elementary

As a low-enrollment K-5 school in Greendale, Wisconsin, College Park Elementary enrolls 273 students from grades K through 5, run under Greendale School District.

College Park Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Greendale School District, a district that educates 2,546 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, College Park Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, College Park Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at College Park Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, College Park Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.0%; College Park Elementary posts 72.5%, +15.5 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (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 roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. College Park Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Nearest neighbor: Greendale High, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around College Park Elementary. On composite proficiency, College Park Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 61.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. College Park Elementary's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 287 (now 273). The White share of enrollment fell from 73% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.