Elm Dale Elementary

Located at 5300 S Honey Creek Dr, in Greenfield, Wisconsin, Elm Dale Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school that hosts 477 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Greenfield School District. Enrollment runs roughly 48% larger than the state mean of about 323.

Greenfield School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,380 students. Elm Dale Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Elm Dale Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Elm Dale Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Elm Dale Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of +11.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household income runs about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elm Dale Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Nearest neighbor: Garland Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elm Dale Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 483 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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