Engleburg Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.6% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 14.7% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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%.
Schools most like Engleburg Elementary
Engleburg Elementary's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engleburg Elementary this school | 286 | 87.4% | 15.6% |
| Barton Elementary Milwaukee | 283 | 90.5% | 14.1% |
| Kluge Elementary Milwaukee | 301 | 92.7% | 13.8% |
| Bruce Elementary Milwaukee | 270 | 94.8% | 15.8% |
| Hawley Environmental School Milwaukee | 299 | 84.6% | 11.2% |
| Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary Milwaukee | 384 | 92.2% | 9.1% |
Where Engleburg Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #924 of 982 | #121 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #919 of 992 ▲ 5 | #117 of 174 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #929 of 992 ▼ 12 | #122 of 174 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #661 of 1,157 | #116 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #617 of 901 | #53 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #458 of 901 | #94 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #77 of 1,064 | #66 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #172 of 240 | #23 of 33 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 286 | 20.1 | 14.2:1 | 87% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 92% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 20.6 | 14.3:1 | 95% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 93% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 13.8 | 20.0:1 | 83% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 18 | 18.7:1 | 80% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 88% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 69% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 28 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (276 to 286); teachers up 46% (13.8 to 20.1).
About Engleburg Elementary
Engleburg Elementary is one of the public schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 286 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Milwaukee School District (155 schools, 65,835 students) runs Engleburg Elementary.
The student body at Engleburg Elementary is 78% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 26%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 38%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Engleburg Elementary is 14.2:1, based on 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Engleburg Elementary counts 87% 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 higher.
Test results at Engleburg Elementary are 8.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (15.6% actual, 24.0% predicted).
In Milwaukee County, home to about 926,331 people, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Milwaukee County number 284, with about 122,496 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Grantosa Drive Elementary, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Engleburg Elementary ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
Engleburg Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 302 to 286, a 5% decline.
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