Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001154
Eighty-First Street Elementary
2964 N 81st St, Milwaukee, WI 53222 · (414) 874-5400 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
292 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 | 51 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
39%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
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
6.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
5.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 6.9% | 5.5% |
| 2023-24 | 10.2% | 7.4% |
% 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
12.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 27% 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 Eighty-First Street Elementary
Eighty-First Street Elementary's state test result (12.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eighty-First Street Elementary this school | 357 | 81.8% | 12.4% |
| River Trail School of Agricultural Science Milwaukee | 406 | 82.0% | 8.1% |
| Hawley Environmental School Milwaukee | 299 | 84.6% | 11.2% |
| Barbee Elementary Milwaukee | 289 | 86.2% | 21.4% |
| Neeskara Elementary Milwaukee | 356 | 86.8% | 10.3% |
| Engleburg Elementary Milwaukee | 286 | 87.4% | 15.6% |
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 Eighty-First Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #942 of 982 | #136 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.5% | #983 of 992 ▼ 14 | #166 of 174 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.9% | #983 of 992 ▼ 21 | #166 of 174 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #446 of 1,157 | #81 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #855 of 901 | #133 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #455 of 901 | #92 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #115 of 1,064 | #86 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.9% | #93 of 240 | #7 of 33 |
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
357
+54 (+18%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 357 | 19.4 | 18.4:1 | 82% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 20.8 | 17.2:1 | 88% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 82% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 80% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 17.6 | 18.3:1 | 77% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 16 | 25.2:1 | 68% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 78% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 23 | 18.9:1 | 69% (300) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 21 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eighty-First Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (322 to 357); teachers up 10% (17.6 to 19.4).
About Eighty-First Street Elementary
Eighty-First Street Elementary is one of the public schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 357 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Eighty-First Street Elementary is one school in Milwaukee School District, a system of 155 schools with 65,835 students.
Federal enrollment data show Eighty-First Street Elementary is 78% Black. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% White, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 26% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is lower. A total of 292 students, or 82%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Milwaukee County, the average is 64%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Eighty-First Street Elementary is 27.5%. It actually posts 12.4%, which is 15.1 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
Milwaukee County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Milwaukee County's 284 public schools enroll about 122,496 students and include Eighty-First Street Elementary.
About 0.4 miles separate Eighty-First Street Elementary from the closest public school, Milwaukee School of Languages. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Eighty-First Street Elementary is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Eighty-First Street Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 18% rise took enrollment from 303 in 2020-21 to 357 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.4:1) than in 2020-21 (12.1:1).
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Eighty-First Street ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Eighty-First Street Elementary?
Eighty-First Street Elementary enrolls approximately 357 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Eighty-First Street Elementary serve?
Eighty-First Street Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Eighty-First Street Elementary?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Eighty-First Street Elementary.
How diverse is Eighty-First Street Elementary?
Eighty-First Street Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 5% Hispanic, 78% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Eighty-First Street Elementary?
Eighty-First Street Elementary is overseen by Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
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