Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUWATOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551599002078
Eisenhower Elementary
11600 W Center St, Wauwatosa, WI 53222 · (414) 773-1100 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
128 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 45 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
51.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
51.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 51.0% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Eisenhower Elementary
Eisenhower Elementary's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Elementary this school | 373 | 34.3% | 56.1% |
| Huegel Elementary Madison | 417 | 37.9% | 52.8% |
| Underwood Elementary Wauwatosa | 315 | 41.6% | 44.5% |
| Parkway Elementary Glendale | 490 | 38.0% | 46.4% |
| Elvehjem Elementary Madison | 415 | 36.6% | 56.2% |
| Creekside Elementary Sun Prairie | 394 | 43.9% | 45.5% |
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 Eisenhower Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #504 of 982 | #38 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #576 of 992 ▲ 37 | #39 of 174 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #536 of 992 ▲ 60 | #50 of 174 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #411 of 1,157 | #74 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #159 of 901 | #7 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #67 of 901 | #17 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #670 of 1,064 | #141 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #446 of 664 | #93 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
373
+25 (+7%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 373 | 33.1 | 11.3:1 | 34% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 32 | 11.1:1 | 33% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 28% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 34% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 27.8 | 14.9:1 | 27% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 30% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 17% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 23 | 17.3:1 | 8% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 22 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eisenhower Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (415 to 373); teachers up 19% (27.8 to 33.1).
About Eisenhower Elementary
In Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Eisenhower Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 373 students.
Wauwatosa School District counts 6,704 students in its 17 schools, and Eisenhower Elementary is one of them.
The student body at Eisenhower Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 43%. Other groups include 27% Black, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eisenhower Elementary is 11.3:1, based on 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. Eisenhower Elementary counts 34% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Eisenhower Elementary outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Eisenhower Elementary would score about 56.6%. It scores 56.1%, within a point of that figure.
The school is in Milwaukee County, where 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%. Eisenhower Elementary shares Milwaukee County with 283 other public schools.
About 0.1 miles separate Eisenhower Elementary from the closest public school, West High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Eisenhower Elementary places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Eisenhower Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 348 to 373, a 7% rise. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.3:1) than in 2020-21 (14.5:1).
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wauwatosa School District
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Whitman MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 388 students
Other schools in Wauwatosa
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Whitman MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 388 students
Other Eisenhower Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 14 states are named Eisenhower Elementary. Eisenhower Elementary is the 15th largest of the 29.
- Eisenhower ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 468 students
- EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLEARWATER, FL · 678 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 640 students
- Eisenhower ElementaryLouisville, KY · 592 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 579 students
Nearby schools
- West High0.1 mi · 986
- Whitman Middle0.3 mi · 570
- Wauwatosa Montessori School0.7 mi · 176
- Tonawanda Elementary1.5 mi · 533
- Brookfield East High1.6 mi · 1,374
- McKinley Elementary1.8 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Eisenhower ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Eisenhower Elementary?
Eisenhower Elementary enrolls approximately 373 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Eisenhower Elementary serve?
Eisenhower Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Eisenhower Elementary?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Eisenhower Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Eisenhower Elementary?
Student demographics at Eisenhower Elementary are roughly 43% White, 15% Hispanic, 27% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Eisenhower Elementary public or private?
Eisenhower Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wauwatosa School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.