Enrollment
220
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001045
Craig Montessori School
7667 W Congress St, Milwaukee, WI 53218 · (414) 393-4200 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL220 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
17.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
134 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 | 31 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 100% larger than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
31%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
23.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
17.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.5% | 17.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 12.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Craig Montessori School
Craig Montessori School's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Montessori School this school | 220 | 60.9% | 19.4% |
| Darrell Lynn Hines Academy Milwaukee | 180 | 67.2% | 19.8% |
| One City Elementary School Monona | 328 | 68.0% | 27.8% |
| Milwaukee French Immersion Milwaukee | 426 | 68.1% | 41.7% |
| 21st Century Preparatory School Racine | 438 | 63.2% | 14.3% |
| Next Door Charter Milwaukee | 120 | 77.5% | N/A |
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 Craig Montessori School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #900 of 982 | #107 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #908 of 992 ▲ 22 | #109 of 174 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #879 of 992 ▲ 31 | #94 of 174 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 220 | #852 of 1,157 | #148 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #819 of 901 | #110 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.5% | #557 of 901 | #109 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #268 of 1,064 | #116 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.7% | #20 of 664 | #10 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
220
-74 (-25%) vs 2020
-49% since 2000-01, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 220 | 12.9 | 17.1:1 | 61% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 12.9 | 19.9:1 | 73% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 276 | 13.8 | 20.0:1 | 72% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 14 | 21.0:1 | 74% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 15.6 | 25.1:1 | 72% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 9 | 55.2:1 | 66% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 21 | 25.6:1 | 55% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 4 | 107.3:1 | 69% (296) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Craig Montessori School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (391 to 220); teachers down 17% (15.6 to 12.9).
About Craig Montessori School
Craig Montessori School is a low-enrollment elementary school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It has an enrollment of 220 students in pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 32% below average.
Milwaukee School District enrolls 65,835 students in 155 schools, including Craig Montessori School.
The share of students at Craig Montessori School who are Black is 83%. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% White. By comparison, Milwaukee County residents are about 26% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
With 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.1:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Craig Montessori School, 61% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Craig Montessori School lands at F, ahead of 3% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Craig Montessori School ranks in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 19.4%. Predicted: 40.3%. Difference: 20.9 points.
In the surrounding county, Milwaukee County, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Craig Montessori School, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12, is about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Craig Montessori School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Craig Montessori School enrolled 294 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 220. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.1:1) than in 2020-21 (21.0:1).
This page collects posts and questions about Craig Montessori School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. 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
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
Nearby schools
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-120.6 mi · 1,974
- Grantosa Drive Elementary0.7 mi · 506
- Marshall High0.8 mi · 639
- Milwaukee German Immersion0.8 mi · 549
- Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy0.8 mi · 274
- Emerson Elementary0.9 mi · 187
Frequently asked questions
About Craig Montessori SchoolHow many students attend Craig Montessori School?
Craig Montessori School enrolls approximately 220 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Craig Montessori School serve?
Craig Montessori School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Craig Montessori School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Craig Montessori School is approximately 17.1:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Craig Montessori School?
At Craig Montessori School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 4% Hispanic, 83% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Craig Montessori School public or private?
Craig Montessori School 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.