Elm Creative Arts Elementary

Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Elm Creative Arts Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, overseen by Milwaukee School District. It educates 335 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Milwaukee School District runs 155 schools in total, collectively educating 65,835 students. Elm Creative Arts Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Elm Creative Arts Elementary records that nearly all students (86%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Elm Creative Arts Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Elm Creative Arts Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elm Creative Arts Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 9.9%.

In the broader community, Milwaukee County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Elm Creative Arts Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Alliance School of Milwaukee is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elm Creative Arts Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 394 students in 2018 compared to 335 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 93% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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