Engleburg Elementary

Engleburg Elementary is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of Milwaukee School District, with 286 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Milwaukee School District comprises 155 schools with combined enrollment of 65,835 students; Engleburg Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Engleburg Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 7% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Engleburg Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Engleburg Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.0%, the actual is 15.6%, a residual of -8.4 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Engleburg Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Grantosa Drive Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Engleburg Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Engleburg Elementary's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 286). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 88% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.