Fratney Elementary

Fratney Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Milwaukee School District. Current enrollment sits at 459 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 42% above typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fratney Elementary shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 14% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Fratney Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Fratney Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Fratney Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.4%; this one comes in at 23.5%, -15.9 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Milwaukee County) logs that median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Fratney Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Gaenslen Elementary, around 0.4 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), Fratney Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 25.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 434 students in 2018 compared to 459 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 60% to 73% over that span.

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