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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Fratney Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001166
Fratney Elementary
3255 N Fratney St, Milwaukee, WI 53212 · (414) 267-1100 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
286 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 66 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
20.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -8.1pp since 2023
Math
15.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 20 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.1% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 16.1% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fratney Elementary
Fratney Elementary's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fratney Elementary this school | 459 | 62.3% | 23.5% |
| Abbotsford Elementary Abbotsford | 374 | 70.6% | 20.3% |
| La Casa de Esperanza Charter School Waukesha | 310 | 72.3% | 31.1% |
| Kenosha School of Language (KSOL) Kenosha | 330 | 68.2% | 34.6% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Waukesha | 321 | 64.5% | 33.0% |
| Sullivan Elementary Green Bay | 662 | 73.0% | 17.3% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fratney Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #881 of 982 | #94 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #915 of 992 ▲ 1 | #113 of 174 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #900 of 992 ▼ 50 | #105 of 174 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #215 of 1,157 | #45 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #871 of 901 | #144 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #384 of 901 | #87 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #252 of 1,064 | #114 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #138 of 240 | #16 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
459
+50 (+12%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 459 | 23.1 | 19.8:1 | 62% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 25.3 | 18.7:1 | 72% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 27.6 | 17.5:1 | 71% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 86% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 20.9 | 20.8:1 | 77% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 76% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 80% (335) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 19 | 19.4:1 | 69% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 17 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fratney Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (434 to 459); teachers up 11% (20.9 to 23.1).
About Fratney Elementary
Fratney Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school serves 459 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Wisconsin is roughly 323 students; this school is 42% above that.
The district, Milwaukee School District, has 65,835 students enrolled across 155 schools.
Roughly 73% of students at Fratney Elementary are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 14% Black, 10% White, and 3% multiracial. Milwaukee County's residents are about 17% Hispanic, 56 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 19.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The school's lunch program data list 62% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 39.4% for Fratney Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 23.5%. The 15.9-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
Fratney Elementary is located in Milwaukee County, where the median household income is $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Besides Fratney Elementary, Milwaukee County has 283 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Gaenslen Elementary, at about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Fratney Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment grew 12% from its 2020-21 level of 409. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.1:1 in 2020-21, and 19.8:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Gaenslen Elementary0.4 mi · 641
- Riverwest Elementary0.6 mi · 244
- King Jr Elementary0.6 mi · 277
- King International Baccalaureate Middle0.7 mi · 159
- Riverside High0.8 mi · 1,240
- Shorewood Intermediate0.9 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Fratney ElementaryHow many students attend Fratney Elementary?
Fratney Elementary enrolls approximately 459 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fratney Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fratney Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Fratney Elementary?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Fratney Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Fratney Elementary?
Student demographics at Fratney Elementary are roughly 10% White, 73% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Fratney Elementary public or private?
Fratney Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.