Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960002438
Elm Creative Arts Elementary
900 W Walnut St, Milwaukee, WI 53205 · (414) 267-1800 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
316 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 | 34 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
25%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
7.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
9.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.8% | 9.8% |
| 2023-24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
% 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
9.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% 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 Elm Creative Arts Elementary
Elm Creative Arts Elementary's state test result (9.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Creative Arts Elementary this school | 335 | 94.3% | 9.9% |
| Cass Street Elementary Milwaukee | 312 | 92.6% | 12.7% |
| Carson Academy Milwaukee | 326 | 94.5% | 8.4% |
| Clemens Elementary Milwaukee | 321 | 97.5% | 8.4% |
| Franklin Elementary Milwaukee | 311 | 95.2% | 6.8% |
| Carver Academy Milwaukee | 324 | 94.4% | 11.0% |
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 Elm Creative Arts Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #960 of 982 | #152 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #948 of 992 ▲ 22 | #139 of 174 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.8% | #975 of 992 ▲ 3 | #160 of 174 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #505 of 1,157 | #89 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #823 of 901 | #114 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.3% | #656 of 901 | #123 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #26 of 1,064 | #24 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #323 of 664 | #68 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
335
+82 (+32%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 335 | 19.5 | 17.2:1 | 94% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 18.4 | 17.4:1 | 96% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 20.2 | 14.9:1 | 94% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 17 | 14.9:1 | 99% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 18.8 | 21.0:1 | 97% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 21 | 22.8:1 | 89% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 25 | 23.0:1 | 66% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 33 | 17.3:1 | 69% (394) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elm Creative Arts Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (394 to 335); teachers up 4% (18.8 to 19.5).
About Elm Creative Arts Elementary
At 900 W Walnut St in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Elm Creative Arts Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 335 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Milwaukee School District has a total of 155 schools and 65,835 students, Elm Creative Arts Elementary among them.
By race and ethnicity, Elm Creative Arts Elementary is 86% Black. Next come 7% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 26% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
For every teacher at Elm Creative Arts Elementary, there are about 17.2 students; the school has 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 316 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 94% of enrollment. Across public schools in Milwaukee County, the average is 64%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Elm Creative Arts Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 9.9%; the prediction is 19.8%.
In Milwaukee County, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Milwaukee County has 284 public schools with about 122,496 students, including Elm Creative Arts Elementary.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Elm Creative Arts Elementary from the closest public school, Alliance School of Milwaukee. The five-mile area around Elm Creative Arts Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Elm Creative Arts Elementary at 5th of 6.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 335, compared with 253 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 17.2:1, from 14.9:1.
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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 Elm Creative Arts ElementaryHow many students attend Elm Creative Arts Elementary?
Elm Creative Arts Elementary enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Elm Creative Arts Elementary serve?
Elm Creative Arts Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Elm Creative Arts Elementary?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Elm Creative Arts Elementary.
How diverse is Elm Creative Arts Elementary?
Elm Creative Arts Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 6% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Elm Creative Arts Elementary in?
Elm Creative Arts Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
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