Garland Elementary

Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Garland Elementary is a heavily attended elementary campus, overseen by Milwaukee School District. It caters to 541 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 67% above typical.

Across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District (65,835 students total), Garland Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Garland Elementary lists that the largest single group is Asian at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 5% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Garland Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.2%, the actual is 24.3%, a residual of +1.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Garland Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

The closest other public school is Victory Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Garland Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Garland Elementary has declined 5%, going from 569 students in 2018 to 541 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 49% to 29%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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